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Hints for Puzzle #69– February 2007 "Lighten Up"

Instructions: Parentheses around a clue mean that a few letters must be omitted from the answer word before it will fit in the grid. Numbers in parentheses give lengths of answer words, and an asterisk * indicates a proper name.

Across

  1. Mystery entry (5)
  2. Silly diary returned with poem (5)
  3. A heavenly body and me in bed (5)
  4. (Limits of odd/even gait) (8)
  5. A bit of laundry takes so long to wash (4)
  6. Deplore beheaded heron (5)
  7. One cheer for a lizard (5)
  8. Endless bilge about being fluent (4)
  9. Magritte was beginning to get fresh again (5)
  10. Container holding large map (4)
  11. Professor holding heraldic band (4)
  12. Given without a strong desire (5)
  13. Devil posed with a nurse's cap (5)
  14. *Star's backing for Eden's earldom (4)
  15. Romeo holds up a slat (6)
  16. Landed in Bali tired (4)
  17. Guaranteed to be free of sulfur when hardened (6)
  18. Helping sister with parasites (5)
  19. Leave period open-ended for teaching (6)
  20. Back issue a national magazine first printed in 1923 (4)
  21. Chambermaid has a beer (5)
  22. (Long-lasting bad rule is amended) (7)
  23. *Ruby's victim was old when shot (6)
  24. Leading performer has one lute (5)
  25. Mystery entry (5)

Down

  1. Mystery entry (5)
  2. Put out to finish up old (6)
  3. Last love game played (5)
  4. (Pennington's first run is, within certain limits, an unexpected event) (8)
  5. Prepare to turn left instead of right (5)
  6. Jack loses his head in the middle of church (4)
  7. Chief goes in to rewrite proclamation (5)
  8. Fruit turnover on top of table Ed contributed (6)
  9. *Monk and violin maker giving one away (6)
  10. Pessimist broker's tip gets attention (4)
  11. Spotter holding rod and filter (8)
  12. (Informer lets one go for a brief period) (6)
  13. Phony bird brought back (4)
  14. Talks foolishly of deer keeping time (5)
  15. Haggled mainly about ring maintenance (7)
  16. Brief sensation of deep angst (4)
  17. Buffoon and companion in contest (4)
  18. Fish buried in mausoleum (4)
  19. *An emperor turns up in Florence (4)
  20. Drink and eat when sloshed (3)
  21. One in revel for a tree (6)
  22. Mystery's meaning changed with one number removed (6)
  23. Resell the Mexican knife (7)
  24. Mystery entry (5)

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