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Hints for Puzzle #59– April 2006 "Double Entry"

Instructions: Numbers in parentheses give lengths of answer words, and an asterisk * indicates a proper name.

Across

  1. Cuts page out with blade for puzzle (9)
  2. *Decay dooms ancient city (5)
  3. Zero-degree clothing to wear (5)
  4. Getting keen about broken lute is barbarity (7)
  5. New recruit gets second lift (5)
  6. Negation of bargain involving nickel (6)
  7. Man is upset about union's hostility (6)
  8. Holds pressure fastener (4)
  9. Settlers disquiet lovers (7)
  10. Sauce from ripe stock (5)
  11. *Charles claims Starr's keeping crown in London district (7, 5)
  12. Eccentric Tory concurs about southern style of skiing (5-7)
  13. Cheer brought back by donkey and hound (6)
  14. Lawful run (5)
  15. Loved ones embracing the French traders (7)
  16. Party establishment getting word of agreement (3)
  17. Will ultimately put in demand for $100 raise (5)
  18. Unpleasant experience with gold distribution (6)
  19. Copy from tapes (3)
  20. Crippled boy grabs author (5)
  21. Intemperate nature gets one to excrete (7)
  22. Bird caught in fine net (4)
  23. Drove back for insect repellant (4)

Down

  1. Holy one confines pain in a little bag (6)
  2. Small, tough fragment (5)
  3. Sacked passer breaks down (6)
  4. Evenly greasy line (3)
  5. Lesions turned essentially sound (5)
  6. Sings about ship's time breaking ice up to get samples (5, 8)
  7. In exchange, do express respect (6)
  8. To be troubled or to go in crooked (5)
  9. Aspect of Marian glee (5)
  10. *Three musical notes for a town in Texas (6)
  11. Blood curses aroused by betrayal (6-5)
  12. Question: Is romance shaky about sex? (5-7)
  13. Traveled overland initially to get to roundup (5)
  14. March around a curve (3)
  15. Watching a person with open mouth (4)
  16. Obligation negated after arm amputation (4)
  17. Guys eating most of lox and fruit (5)
  18. First of supplicants anointed and fed (6)
  19. Anyone not in favor of planting (4)
  20. Place tee for stroke (4)
  21. Fix message's introduction and conclusion (4)
  22. Mac, losing head for nothing, earns expulsion (6)
  23. Moves fast when going back for an old instrument (5)
  24. *Writer of rules ended day in debt (5)

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