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Puzzle #59– April 2006  "Double Entry"

Instructions: Guess the words defined by the cryptic clues (answers vary in length from three to thirteen letters, three are hyphenated, five are capitalized, and two are two-word phrases), then enter them in the grid one after another in the same order as their clues. Across words start at the square marked 1, down words at the square marked 2. Across words that don't end at the right continue on the next line, and down words that don't end at the bottom continue in the next column. Warning: two squares in the grid contain more than one letter. As ever, I am indebted to Kevin Wald for help with the clues. (If you are having trouble printing these puzzles, you can download an Adobe Acrobat version of the puzzle and grid). [Want to see some hints?]

Across

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

Down

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

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