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Hints for Puzzle #102– November 2009  "Terra Firma"

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 # an acronym, and a raised A an archaic word.

Across

  1. (Edith, upset, started rocking and trembling) (6)
  2. Proficient at short division (5)
  3. It's too late to get a seat (5)
  4. (Money covers a dog and a container) (8)
  5. Darwin's troubled secret (6)
  6. (Odd reverie about Papa's getting relief) (8)
  7. #Actor going back for computer (5)
  8. Ladies going back for scoria (4)
  9. *Pick right one for Orestes's sister (7)
  10. (Fiddles and candles––about 1000) (7)
  11. *(Tokyo mistaken for another city) (5)
  12. Filmed a cetacean eating fish (4)
  13. Heartless automaton gets implant (4)
  14. A cultural item of prime meaning (4)
  15. Paul's getting not as much (4)
  16. Observer has new look of scorn (5)
  17. Chalcedony, silver and astatine fused with energy (5)
  18. *College degree in laundry (6)
  19. River city getting rain aplenty (4)
  20. He's Irene's father (4)
  21. Implement for piercing small fruit (5)
  22. (Moving tartly like a noisy snake) (6)
  23. Moon, Earth keep in close proximity (4)
  24. *A prophet in India and South America will get one a hotel (6)

Down

  1. (Case of sedatives) (6)
  2. A string of beads? A sorry mess! (6)
  3. Prions containing a charged particle (3)
  4. (Gas inundates long ship's hold) (6)
  5. Determined to finish a meal (5)
  6. Small task ending in 168 hours(4)
  7. Harry's true comfort (5)
  8. (Daniel shot, dropping one ruminant) (5)
  9. Advance of democracy to the left (4)
  10. Pole talks back (4)
  11. Announcer embraces head of two-ton animal (7)
  12. The lady's lad dances for a royal messenger (6)
  13. Scent arising from marjoram or arrowroot (5)
  14. Penny to help getting settled (4)
  15. Read nonsense about California gallery (6)
  16. Al grabs small shrub (5)
  17. (Shaking a belt is barbarous) (7)
  18. Château Rauzan-Ségla has a distinctive character (4)
  19. (Standard cut, in a manner of speaking ) (8)
  20. Series has Troy in place of new character (5)
  21. *I see Sam struggling to get connected (7)
  22. Hide and head of tiger wrapped in ribbon (5)
  23. (Keen to get guinea for a caterpillar) (5)
  24. AQuickly drop 100 in change (5)

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