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Hints for Puzzle #77– October 2007 "Polly Voo"

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 give lengths of answer words. An asterisk * indicates a proper name and a hash mark # a foreign phrase.

Across

  1. (Change number in secret) (7)
  2. (Inventor, after making a penny, is primarily a financier) (8)
  3. Union nurse uncharacteristically in doubt (6)
  4. Mom embraced by Tai magician (6)
  5. *Mystery word (5)
  6. Vehicle to keep moving (5)
  7. *Rebel embankments surrounding Brazilian port (5)
  8. Matter with impulse to rise again (7)
  9. #Manic affectation about Roman ristretto, maybe (5)
  10. Best at everything, including pomp (5)
  11. (Fatal avalanche carries molten rock) (4)
  12. Make merry without beginning to tell (5)
  13. (Cherry unit made over) (6)
  14. More than one dimension of masculine nature seems outlandish (12)
  15. *Mystery word (4)
  16. Extend the Mexican working pass (8)
  17. (Sinful lass has time for pickles) (5)
  18. Flier starting again by way of hill (7)
  19. (A closure disrupted a conveyor belt) (8)
  20. *Mystery word (9)

Down

  1. (Help to arrive mostly by post) (7)
  2. (Extract bone that's been turned around by error) (6)
  3. Fruit order sounded excellent (6)
  4. (Negation of bargain involving nickel) (6)
  5. No one called for sister (3)
  6. Take time to have a place (6)
  7. Testament contains an expression of assent (4)
  8. Rope cannot encircle a hickory tree (5)
  9. *Mongolian in front at a retreat (5)
  10. Too bad about morning's greetings (7)
  11. Pain-wracked rotter gets up (7)
  12. Sensory organ of fish held by iron rod (6)
  13. Discriminating about theatrical cloth (5)
  14. Strips and moves, not quietly at first, but with volume (5)
  15. *Asteroid sequence is reported (5)
  16. (Think rationally about a descendant) (6)
  17. *Raise wild ram (5)
  18. Left in Howe's tavern (4)
  19. Deranged nut, ancient beyond description (6)
  20. (Pure calculation begun with speed) (6)
  21. Rustle busily for effect (6)
  22. #It's drunk by Nicaraguans (4)
  23. (Real estate-rent free) (7)

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