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Hints for Puzzle #57– February 2006 "No Problem"

Instructions: Parentheses around a clue mean that one or more letters must be omitted from the answer word before it will fit in the grid. Numbers in parentheses give lengths of answer words. An asterisk * indicates a proper name, a hash mark # a foreign word, and obs an obsolete word.

Across

    Mystery entry
  1. (Youngster with college degree produces metallic element) (6)
  2. Of the outer part that's lactic or creamed (8)
  3. (Lamentable way to mention reversal) (8)
  4. Alive but not well before ingesting new amino acid (6)
  5. *Dutch town made over (4)
  6. (Part of this drug's oxygen content is converted to energy) (6)
  7. Horse with three feet pointing back (4)
  8. Dance and slyly look around (4)
  9. Help in class is timely (6)
  10. *Nothing nice ending in river (4)
  11. Agreement about shirt and hat (4)
  12. #Topic in mathematics (5)
  13. Alternative chemical form is more volatile (6)
  14. Normal expression of approval for password (6)
  15. Move cord in place (6)
  16. (Goods that involve much conflict) (7)
  17. Traitor trapped in cerium container (5)
  18. Bad in play-back (4)
  19. Genius Democrat running (5)
  20. (Conveyance quickly gets protective cover) (8)
  21. Grunt of disgust suppressed by one who goes out with a girl child (8)
  22. (Rapid ruler takes Christ for master) (7)

Down

     
  1. (Company brews this Parisian mix) (8)
  2. Pain grips long suffering animal (8)
  3. Lengthen stone heave (7)
  4. Filcher of contraband items (6)
  5. Answer before teacher starts to fold (5)
  6. (Archival clerk has start of tendon strain) (6)
  7. *Dramatist was back around the end of March (4)
  8. Upright judge leaves pitch out for caulker finally (5)
  9. (Start to clean pistol for adulterer) (7)
  10. Strong desire for potted caviare (7)
  11. (Current producer of "Monday Madness") (6)
  12. Mature note about turning irrational (4)
  13. Like someone stamping a document in another font (8)
  14. Ending of loose fiber (4)
  15. Forbidding eastern soot (5)
  16. Core of alien situation (3)
  17. Skilled at short division (5)
  18. (Dump radical in brook for his initial audacity) (5)
  19. (River for a festive outing) (5)
  20. Push on, ending all twaddle (6)
  21. #Produce turned up by Sus scrofa in France (4)
  22. Makeup that's more expensive in Spain (7)
  23. Rent us a room for loving (7)

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