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Hints for Puzzle #66– November 2006 "I Got Rhythm"

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

Across

  1. (Dog blew head off bird) (6)
  2. Pass on railway having University backing (5)
  3. (Woman holds counterfeit note of currency) (8)
  4. (Ceaseless talk about running state) (8)
  5. (Shorten a copy sent astray) (9)
  6. (About a hooker's beds) (6)
  7. Not initially heated or fortified (5)
  8. (Unimportant flaws recalled) (5)
  9. *Individual started to attack religion (5)
  10. (In a while, when consul replaces Latin minister) (5)
  11. Mystery entry (3 3 5)
  12. Cover freakish séance (6)
  13. *(Physician put one in valley) (5)
  14. Monarch has worked hard (4)
  15. (Terribly upset after losing run for freedom) (7)
  16. (Convoluted tragedy leaving Penny in ruins) (6)
  17. A word of utter meaninglessness (4)
  18. *Seek a rendezvous with people in Myanmar (5)
  19. Wife eats varied leftovers (5)
  20. Group game lacking momentum (4)
  21. Lady Lovelace takes physical training to get fit (5)
  22. (Pass rotted oak tree around 5:00) (8)

Down

  1. (Sorry to be worn out after study) (8)
  2. (Pistol-whipped and hung) (7)
  3. Prepare leader for terrible weather (5)
  4. (War that shifted from one side to the other) (7)
  5. (Served as a substitute for fabric) (5)
  6. Capacity and quantity at low cost (5)
  7. Song set (3)
  8. (A sailor takes a measure of acidity in a bituminous substance) (7)
  9. Bones of a bird in South America (6)
  10. (Jeune fille put derrière in position) (6)
  11. Conservative trinket containing rubber (4)
  12. Bird started cheeping near ground (5)
  13. (Commission battalion leader to face an embankment) (6)
  14. Luminescent cloud around head of Madame Butterfly (5)
  15. (Start of rot in stones and seeds) (5)
  16. Händel opera about escape (5)
  17. *Mr. Kent: a being that flies just under the speed of light (5)
  18. *NZ park's gold collection (5)
  19. Sheep gives up nothing for a trifle (5)
  20. Showy aspect of martyrdom (4)
  21. One examined in street settles back (6)
  22. *(Garbo's great acting) (5)
  23. (Skill of author holding flower) (7)
  24. (Piece of meat with right line of color) (6)

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