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Hints for Puzzle #88– September 2008  "Back to Back"

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, and an asterisk * indicates a capitalized word.

Across

  1. Think about love for a young woman (5)
  2. (Left out of full contest) (7)
  3. (Insect and mammal having no yen for infectious disease) (7)
  4. I must leave suicidal author with quiet mess (8)
  5. Preacher's pain (4)
  6. 200 mg of edible root in your mouth (5)
  7. *Also surrounding Kentucky's capital city (5)
  8. Pertaining to a stage of development in psychoanalysis (4)
  9. Fan blowing last of gas out of cock (6)
  10. Don't allow ruminants to eat end of root (5)
  11. Holy one sped down beach (6)
  12. Governor, for example, in split (6)
  13. Dexter gives up resistance for an easing of tension (7)
  14. (Prevaricated about knowledge represented as similar) (7)
  15. Welcome letter and number, in a way (6)
  16. Reflect praise about charm of certain noblemen (5)
  17. Having a fleet back the French front (5)
  18. (Once again, describe network of capillaries in front of pullet's heart) (6)
  19. (Throw grenade to cause disorder) (7)
  20. *Returned dress for Cleopatra's attendant (4)
  21. Man ingesting rubidium and limestone (6)
  22. (Putting without length or speed) (6)

Down

  1. Mom's bed gets the navy's goat, maybe (6)
  2. *(Endless run taken by accomplished Celtic priest) (5)
  3. Regulate turning of metal held in space (7)
  4. Walk without beginning to get confused (5)
  5. (Note witticism about subject being extreme) (6)
  6. *Scotto rudely ate and ran (6)
  7. Disturbed snake swallows hard (6)
  8. Offer great praise after bishop is courageous (5)
  9. (Gentleness of summer cyclone) (5)
  10. (Loaner has a five for Herb) (8)
  11. Goad the ox painfully with tip of spur (6)
  12. Tepee shelters one occupant (6)
  13. *Lady of the lentils (5)
  14. Brother of color made good paste (4)
  15. Drunken date gets carried (8)
  16. This lesson has a key (4)
  17. (Song of an ape in heat) (5)
  18. Maintain everyone, for example, with crumb of bread (6)
  19. Rules about minimum retirement age for a friend (7)
  20. (Black and brown plaid) (6)
  21. Sears fish (5)
  22. Textile worker's outrageous recipe (6)

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