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Hints for Puzzle #105– February 2010  "Will"

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, a hash mark # a foreign word, and a raised O an obsolete word.

Across

  1. (End up with perhaps a fragment) (8)
  2. Left with a large opening (6)
  3. (Her colt is trained to snort) (7)
  4. Rules out banishing Earl for slander (4)
  5. Confused a bill and a beak at first, for example (6)
  6. Small stand is steady (6)
  7. Guide doesn't have time for visionary (4)
  8. Jot a witticism in return (4)
  9. Bird and rodent turned to follow vehicle down (7)
  10. (Run, walk, or wander) (6)
  11. *Mystery entry (11)
  12. (Defies bishop and carries on wildly) (6)
  13. Shell consumed with a will (7)
  14. #Latin turned around in conversation (5)
  15. A sudden flood expelled with energy (5)
  16. (Banqueter's quicker about beginning to eat) (7)
  17. *I'm not working for a Greek philosopher (5)
  18. Straighten twisted nub tip (6)
  19. *Movie director is back in sharp action (5)
  20. (Start to search for male in gay crowd) (5)
  21. (Build a cell to hold fish) (4)
  22. Crane starts concealing where eggs are laid (4)

Down

  1. (Average insect with no tail is unsafe) (7)
  2. Arbiter faulted Saul for nonacceptance (7)
  3. (Teach self-awareness about covering the body) (5)
  4. oOne never corrected an officer of the stable (6)
  5. Mien of Felix, say, swallowing head of sardine (4)
  6. *Leave Science to include a class of vertebrates (4)
  7. Getting a bit of rest in life leads to vivacity (4)
  8. Cook keeps hen's heart in a glass container (6)
  9. *Author of mysteries is yet to come up (3)
  10. Announcer confused Eric with Rod (5)
  11. *Makes sense to take in a European Capital of Culture (5)
  12. To the Italian sailor's shrine (5)
  13. (A mean sneak father holds up bad men) (7)
  14. Charlie the Mexican and the Québécois Romeo create a place to store wine (6)
  15. Emily loses love for English creep (4)
  16. #Boletus edulis is found in France, perhaps (4)
  17. (Small-time greetings or verses) (6)
  18. Quietly jumble a number (5)
  19. Opening of bypass to Madrid (5)
  20. More compliant about Pete's beginning to interfere (6)
  21. Meat from clambake (4)
  22. (Roar to upset speaker) (6)
  23. Subtle jesting about beginning of bristly beard (7)
  24. (Shelter harbors one occupant) (6)

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