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Puzzle #38– July 2004   "From Russia with Love "

Instructions: Guess the words defined by the cryptic clues (words vary in length from four to eight letters and include two proper names and two foreign words), then enter them in the grid one after another in the same order as their clues, starting in the upper left corner. Across words that don't end at the right margin continue on the next line below; down words that don't end at the bottom margin continue in the next column to the right. Five across words and five down words won't fit in the grid unless one of their letters is removed. Those ten letters taken in order spell a two-word phrase related to the three mystery entries. 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. Mystery entry
  2. About a thousand others in old Roman finery
  3. Formal inquiry about African country
  4. Pet brought back by the Spanish logician
  5. Thrifty initiation of action in season
  6. Issue eastern fellow had
  7. Time to relax and disentangle
  8. Shiver in earnest remorse
  9. Sea bird caught in trawler net
  10. Endlessly growing fruit
  11. Mystery entry
  12. River a star turned back
  13. Hair -like part has holy man in song
  14. Good Latin bachelor meets Japanese artist
  15. Part that turns back and forth
  16. Number 4 iron going around
  17. Choice morsels I'd originally bought are eaten by birds
  18. Attend initially to small game
  19. Tell about overcharge move
  20. Move the core a foot
  21. Mystery entry

Down

  1. Father by report
  2. Needs of western colonists
  3. Rising eastern cult leader taking up Indian language and atmosphere
  4. Have to be seen in Paris
  5. Listen to present announcement
  6. Violence that's not started by mistake
  7. Stalk up to ruminant
  8. One secure climbing vine
  9. Snob leaves with one of high rank
  10. Wash in water in sewer
  11. State losing at swimming
  12. Keen to get guinea for a moth
  13. Waste started rotting in bed
  14. Bounce around Rome, mostly
  15. Call of thin ungulate
  16. Didn't like disfigurement of death
  17. God of war devours one ram
  18. Café table features cheese
  19. Large nerve contains part of chromosome
  20. Composer has one time to gorge
  21. I'm unfortunately going up for sausage
  22. Vehicle carries very old sport
  23. Protein from Hawaiian rock
  24. Reveal alien in crush

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