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Hints for Puzzle #112– September 2010 "Connections"

Instructions: Parentheses around a clue mean that a sequence of 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. (Sick man spared as a sign) (9)
  2. In favor of model's first design (4)
  3. (Is able to do right with fairness) (6)
  4. A licit deformation of a certain type (6)
  5. Bird in water rummaging about (5)
  6. Cut around top of page for display (6)
  7. Issue with English university (4)
  8. Get very hungry after the first harvest is ruined (6)
  9. *(Composer's control of voice) (6)
  10. Sound system of moving trees out (6)
  11. Waste new hammer part (4)
  12. Foreign automobile with top of engine removed is something like a lemon (6)
  13. Stern and dreary at heart (4)
  14. (Dog in road running north) (7)
  15. *Composer of subtle harmonies (5)
  16. John, in court, grabs head of Genovese magistrate (4)
  17. Remove small drill head (4)
  18. Plant evergreens around stake (4)
  19. Metal strip from wagon wheel's hub (4)
  20. Don and Earl engaged in battle (4)
  21. Animal to speak, making up nothing (5)
  22. Sea creature's western caper ended by rough seas (6)
  23. (Criticize the German procurer) (6)
  24. (Chad wins after maiming hero, perhaps) (8)
  25. Heartless saint and British noble (4)

Down

  1. Shrewdness of current university fellows (6)
  2. *(A new seaport academy) (7)
  3. (Monkey loses tail getting metal bar) (7)
  4. Grunt about being enveloped by vehicle smoke (5)
  5. Penny in class is a laughingstock (5)
  6. Warning note included in error (5)
  7. (Stray newt's head swallowed by bird) (6)
  8. Westerner's time zone (3)
  9. Wife takes papa's place in lush high-rise (5)
  10. Joint force wins one for England (5)
  11. Harrier net traps an eagle (4)
  12. It was ripped up to expose the middle part (5)
  13. A rope is thrown around the French prisoner who was conditionally let out (7)
  14. (Scrutinize prosecutor law for offensive act) (7)
  15. *Entrepreneur's name (4)
  16. Roasted shad is a hit (4)
  17. Approve of retaining Latin character (6)
  18. Lagomorph hidden in marsh area (4)
  19. Composure of one assuming an attitude (5)
  20. *Logician quietly substitutes energy for intelligence (5)
  21. Wooden rod inserted in supercharger (5)
  22. Disposition to start rugby in season (5)
  23. (Metropolitan demonstrators going around in single file) (6)
  24. (Repairman takes in a stray) (7)
  25. Head off ruminant eating turnip top (5)

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