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Puzzle #70–March 2007  "Jigsaw Puzzle II"

Instructions: Guess the words defined by the cryptic clues (words vary in length from three to thirteen letters; one is hyphenated and three are capitalized), then enter them in the grid starting in the upper left corner. Across words that don't end at the right continue on the next row, and down words that don't end at the bottom continue in the next column. Warning : Clues are listed in the alphabetical order of their answer words, not in the order in which those answer words are to be entered in the grid. Solvers must determine that order on their own. I thank 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

    • Get rid of residue covering burst boil
    • Things to be attended to and repaired after time
    • Bee went flying in the interval
    • Teach a sport badly with awful result
    • Love Ireland with another name
    • Bloody illustrator
    • Death, oddly, is abominated
    • Ultimate form
    • He's in from Alexandria
    • Father, by report
    • Walk around lake area
    • Standing cop gets to sit before the end
    • People who are excessively proper--and coarse in addition
    • Go down in peace, and good luck!
    • Have sex and sunbathe every sixth day
    • Careless friends about to leave in haste
    • Drink instead
    • Originally thought Gershwin should get a crown
    • String around rubber band
    • Arthur running with energy in a tube

Down

    • Uncovers error in counters
    • Base containing a small sphere
    • Dire peril
    • Lower horn before the song about disease
    • One on the lam is in Mexico, disturbing peace
    • Former robber deprived of right to make amends
    • He's about to start gig in new Irish building
    • Hope now hugs Frank
    • Who really has a Nordic coin?
    • The clean part I played is explanatory
    • Tell the Mexican in charge
    • Simple measure of space surrounding craft
    • Total phosphorus in sewage pit
    • Snacks back at dad's
    • Quotes Lagrange about a magnetic measure
    • Carries error in sums
    • More than one deal is scuttled in unexpected disaster
    • Essay about ancient drama
    • Manure augmented with CO(NH2)2
    • Tricky having large penis

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