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Hints for Puzzle #100– September 2009  "Long Time"

Instructions: Parentheses around a clue mean that one or more letters 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. (Fence around California hickory tree) (5)
  2. (Faith! An essay with no beginning) (5)
  3. *Eli comes back in relays (4)
  4. (Giacometti's approach) (4)
  5. (Hold native leader following violent action) (7)
  6. *(French surgeon operated on cobra) (5)
  7. *City's rank hyped with love (5)
  8. (Dealer started reading in bad French) (8)
  9. (Picture of senescent heart (blurred)) (5)
  10. (Quietly get to give a sermon) (6)
  11. (Succulent head of cabbage Bill put before us) (6)
  12. (Nothing in this French sea is a whale or dolphin) (8)
  13. (One rare accent misconstrued in jail) (11)
  14. (Investigate heretic's final mild oath) (5)
  15. (Purchaser's claim in court) (6)
  16. Patriotism is essentially a very funny thing (4)
  17. Wheeler's cant (4)
  18. Southern peak is a place to rest (4)
  19. (Rhinoceros swallows mackerel) (4)
  20. Freud's daughter left satisfactory records (6)
  21. (Knife-scarred cantle ) (6)
  22. (Short answer in an emergency: "Greens") (7)
  23. (Mention a scene you've heard) (4)
  24. (One leaves saying nothing; that's diplomacy) (4)
  25. (Stink after starting clean-up in stream) (5)
  26. (Vincent, Ralph own telephone exchange) (7)

Down

  1. (Roost on broken cane, maybe) (9)
  2. (Virtuous Hindu leader is surrounded by social group) (6)
  3. Chanel takes a chocolate drink (5)
  4. (Smart and understanding, but cowardly) (7)
  5. Pirate started to crash into boat (4)
  6. (Put a stop to prison dance) (6)
  7. (Gentleness of Len with unruly niece) (8)
  8. (Attila's bedraggled after beginning to cultivate reed mace) (7)
  9. (Stem weaver has start of cellular malignancy) (6)
  10. (Overconfident parish priest grabs torn sock) (8)
  11. (Partying Elks can relax) (7)
  12. (Rumpled screen in court conceals sickle-shaped object) (8)
  13. The woman has energy and time for a sail (5)
  14. (Playing cornet in Colorado musical number) (8)
  15. *Name of girl in Dallas (5)
  16. (Sweet drink-animated trance) (6)
  17. Poor attorney makes a little pie (5)
  18. (Wasting time, pace in restlessness) (10)
  19. (Hag exchanges egg for a bird) (5)
  20. *(Indiscreet about Native Americans ) (4)
  21. (Ferociously concealing turn of heart) (4)
  22. (Hydrous magnesium silicate in metal can) (4)
  23. (Transgression of composer holding note) (6)
  24. In aggregate, kid gets almost all (5)

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