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Hints for Puzzle #89– October 2008  "Euclidian Geometry"

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, and a hash mark # a foreign word.

Across

  1. (Hydrogen missile leads to distress) (6)
  2. Encompass everything, including what's out of date (5)
  3. Fishy story about eastern seafood (6)
  4. Expression of scorn initially rattled oaf (4)
  5. (A snake, for instance, wasted triple energy) (7)
  6. *Vendor longing to carry a synthetic fabric (5)
  7. John Kennedy committed piracy (6)
  8. (Overcharge $1000 for a touch of ruby in make-up) (5)
  9. Sweetheart holding ring for bard (4)
  10. (Cooking her best dessert) (7)
  11. Thin, small cut (5)
  12. Claim involved legal error (6)
  13. Manual edited by English university graduates (7)
  14. (Half a steak's consumed? Don't eat for a while) (4)
  15. Remaining rule said to be broken (8)
  16. Maverick sent south retreats (5)
  17. Brief end of ancient language (5)
  18. (Horse or sow ingesting turnip top) (5)
  19. (Saw-toothed eaters savagely ingesting horse's heart) (7)

Down

  1. Mesh or netting snares a wasp (6)
  2. (Gets a year to rebut) (7)
  3. (Pass electronic circuits at end of line) (6)
  4. Exposé erroneously includes clairvoyant (4)
  5. (Start piling in early to show affection) (5)
  6. Make sense of average incomplete set (5)
  7. #A German name for eight in Italy (4)
  8. (Young bird of uncertain age allowed) (6)
  9. Lived and died with Mark (5)
  10. Get Russell fitted with a brace (5)
  11. See about public relations outing (5)
  12. *Hebrew, for instance, has me back in place (6)
  13. Rebuilt adobe dwelling (5)
  14. (Space vehicle is large and entirely redesigned up front) (6)
  15. #Roman sister ultimately has two alternatives (5)
  16. *Early Preminger movie's initially lurid atmosphere (5)
  17. (Note: blue mixture apt to break down in water) (7)
  18. End of blue flower suggests a holiday (6)
  19. Go back with double energy along a double curve (4)
  20. Hear insect run away (4)

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