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Hints for Puzzle #111– August 2010 "Don't Miss a Trick"

Instructions: Parentheses around a clue mean that a letter must be omitted from the answer word before it will fit in the grid. Numbers in parentheses indicate lengths of answer words. An asterisk * indicates a capitalized word, and a hash mark # a foreign word.

Across

  1. Mystery entry (5)
  2. (Refrain from embracing this French teacher) (6)
  3. (Massaged cool redhead in shade) (5)
  4. See Ann naughtily catching Rod in trap (7)
  5. *Yours truly, for instance, chipped in a lot (6)
  6. Sea horse (4)
  7. Get set around noon for boat (4)
  8. Prophet has a penny for a feast (5)
  9. Smooth in taking liberties (4)
  10. #(McDonald's hosts a lady from Portugal) (4)
  11. (Punish rotter; give back in kind) (6)
  12. Soldier in turbulent sea gets protection (5)
  13. Mystery entry (2, 5)
  14. Get centavos in exchange for pence or mark (5)
  15. Beezer's got one sound (5)
  16. Priest has converted humanity (6)
  17. Passageway guarded by Hussar cadet (6)
  18. Beloved author to give first of lectures (4)
  19. Colorado peak, going west, is highest part (6)
  20. Rhine's rippling with silvery fish (6)
  21. (Sara's back carrying rare tapestry) (5)
  22. (Add scratch pad & pen ) (6)
  23. *(Constellation's tropic realignment) (6)
  24. Mystery entry (5)

Down

  1. (Ants, mistakenly bearing left, take an oblique course) (5)
  2. Mystery entry (7)
  3. Spot toddler holding onto primate (5)
  4. Measure of cash initially involved in deal (5)
  5. *Trojan city (5)
  6. Topless tenant wanders about (5)
  7. (Newlywed has to wait to embrace rabbi) (5)
  8. *Emperor of generosity (4)
  9. (Tell story of rat caught in snare, headless) (7)
  10. John Cuevas makes a point (4)
  11. Rent from stores (4)
  12. Primarily red or dark sensitive cells (4)
  13. Heinous crime concealing true standard of measurement (6)
  14. Cut of beef and egg found in shelter (5)
  15. Awakening, civic leader quits party (7)
  16. Utter, absolute stress (5)
  17. (Forbidding eastern soot) (5)
  18. (Papa replaces shield's failing hinge) (6)
  19. Fall back asleep, worn out after run (7)
  20. A step astray in a flash flood (5)
  21. *Endless reverence for Mondrian (4)
  22. (Articulate employee getting further up the ladder) (6)
  23. Mystery entry (4)
  24. (Treading slippery slope) (8)

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