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| CRYPTIC NO. 33--HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! |
| ACROSS 1 Canine doesn't have a bit of success as Valentine's Day mascot. (5) 4 Cloth on garment reveals sexy underwear. (5) 11 Challenging rival, arriving to take beloved. (9) 12 Splits with cruel baker, and matures. (9) 14 Darling is in Delaware, then Arkansas. (4) 15 Remember--concerning chocolate heart--allowed to take a hundred. (9) 16 Missing first boyfriend in Aruba, returned in a mood. (4) 17 Enthusiasm older suitor displays burns out slowly. (8) 18 Mashed potato's the thing to freshen breath. (10) 19 Is bolder, somehow, around five sweethearts. (9) 21 Look back at drinks in Japan as precious mementos. (9) 23 Fear ruby is wrong for time of Valentine's Day. (8) 24 Beautiful women seldom in break-up. (6) 25 Special occasion on bracelet I designed. (11) 26 You and I start discussing ring & marriage. (7) 27 Take last three of attractive diamonds. (3) |
| DOWN 2 All pale under struggle to match up! (12) 3 In part of school year, started essay on personal journals of matchmakers. (14) 5 Corrupt shop taxed a herb container on Valentine's Day. (5-6-3) 6 Distant again, returned to everyone's favourite romantic destination. (7,5) 7 Oh no! Money is misplaced in newlyweds' trip. (9) 8 Establishes first erotic theatre in Ottawa, on back street. (6) 9 Hollow Valentine follows design to lure soul mate. (4,4) 10 Wager with three Rotarians man would get engaged. (9) 13 Climbing mountain near Toronto, he imagined ideal of love. (5) 20 I am seized by caution, getting measurement for ring? (8) 22 Ottawa founder in favour of joining Dunrobin couple near Connecticut--with unexpected result. (2-7) 24 Dispensing with having encounter, I hear. (6) |