Sunday, March 22, 2009

ET CROSSWORD NO. 4192

ACROSS
1 Hit at a single hold-up and get very angry (4,4,3)BLOW ONES TOP
9 Just the thing needed to clear it out (7)ARTICLE*
10 Proposition// set out by those that have the mineral (7)THE{ORE}M
11 Drink for a gypsy gentleman (3)
12 Smart// member //in neat// ruffle (7)E{LEG}ANT*
13 Political reformer caught in leaving a centre (7)RADI{C}AL
14 Appointment to meet way out test (3)
15 Master following pet in principle (5)DOG MA
17 Use post office outing to take in one girl (5)EMILY?
18 Quick hit, some thought (5)
20 Name not repeated for the time being (5)
22 Officer having a breakdown and no mistake! (3)
24 Protection given by airborne troops when one's out of oil (7)
25 To shorten the march// for an animal// doesn't seem right (7)PARAD{-e} OX
26 She's found a short way back (3)
27 Bury one mostly starting between events (7)
28 Crafty ball for bait (7)
29 Sort out difficult tale endings (11)DISENTANGLE*

DOWN
1 No current connection used by some artillery? (7,8)
2 Ring// man who's lost one// place for fruit (7)O R{-i}CHARD
3 Finished on time as you can see (5)OVER T
4 Go into land where you won't be wrong to give a party (9)ENTER TAIN* ? anno?
5 Step on it to get something going (7)TREADLE
6 No corruption here - what luck (4,11)PURE COINCIDENCE
7 Anyone can see how production is protected (6)
8 Use// manoeuvre(PLOY)// to give some men a lift first (6) {-n}EM<- PLOY
16 Information let out by someone who's respectable (9)GENTLEMAN anno?
18 Go to see about having a couple (6)
19 Runs off with proper rewards (7)
21 It's held by the listener to improve appearance (7)EAR RING
23 With a bit of a break getting cross will head off those
assessing evidence to show indulgence (6)
25 Take from the shop a staple item of food (5) PASTA[T]

2 comments:

  1. 16 Information let out by someone who's respectable (9)GENTLEMAN anno?
    information - GEN
    let out - anag of let - TLE
    someone - MAN

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  2. 17 Use post office outing to take in one girl (5)EMILY?
    Use - EMPLOY
    post office outing - del PO and get EMLY
    to take in - c/c ind
    one - 1 - I
    girl - def

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