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Hints for Puzzle #101– October 2009  "Cardiogram"

Instructions: Numbers in parentheses indicate lengths of answer words, and an asterisk * indicates a capitalized word.

Across

  1. Go around glib at heart and stubborn (6)
  2. First to get copied is open-mouthed (5)
  3. Traveler's hail and farewell (3)
  4. Simple box finished with bronze (7)
  5. Mental image of hideaway (4)
  6. Council's vote is altered (6)
  7. *French illustrator is in Ireland or England (4)
  8. Italian sun fish (4)
  9. Author Kennedy gave out (5)
  10. A virulent Maine disease (6)
  11. Place of action observed in report (5)
  12. Sugary stew laced with last of wine (5)
  13. Stir broth, beat vigorously (5)
  14. Cut up head of cabbage in store (5)
  15. *Britain's premier tenor mistaken for an English author (6)
  16. Pollen bearing part of fragrant herb (6)
  17. Mark's misfortune, losing ID (6)
  18. Blindly seek end of long cord (5)
  19. Deirdre, without right, is berated for scorn (6)
  20. *Eastern Mediterranean country broad-casts to the west around start of year (5)
  21. Gawked and began losing time (6)
  22. Papa has fortune and courage (5)
  23. Charlie leaves ingenious device for lifting (5)

Down

  1. Crazy god's brightly colored kerchief (6)
  2. Couple tangle with energy (4)
  3. *Art dealer's Dutch venue challenged (6)
  4. Earns about $1000 for travels (5)
  5. Feel inclined to start paying rent (6)
  6. Record of foridden trysts (5)
  7. Girl is so meticulous keeping limber (7)
  8. Refrain from wasting hours after conference starts (6)
  9. Courtly cops taking time for civic leadership (6)
  10. Heroic aspect of battle pictures (4)
  11. For starters, Helen and Vida eat apples; take one (4, 1)
  12. Bill claims right to rest briefly (5)
  13. Filth, endless and implacable (4)
  14. Nostradamus's instrument (5)
  15. Around end of April, get full lineup (5)
  16. Sound made by writer holding top of harp (4)
  17. Fence temporarily traps a group of badgers (4)
  18. Salesman's spiel takes new form (7)
  19. Start to cook, then greedily eat chicken (6)
  20. Strange need to signal (6)
  21. Fired with rage (3)
  22. Radio details about semiconductor (5)
  23. Franklin and the German in a drinking spree (6)

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