| CRYPTIC NO. 36 |
| ACROSS 1 Recreational site near Ottawa is taking up area, unfortunately. (8,4) 9 Arriving at highest point of old Chinese city around one. (7) 10 Aspect ratio shows ranges of wavelengths. (7) 11 Editor has guys to fix text. (5) 12 Sadly, we tear our winter clothes. (9) 13 Limits paying guests, I hear. (7) 15 Tending to forget change in cinemas. (7) 16 Twists bit of rope into winter hats. (7) 18 Endless lane back-up around second half of winter. (7) 20 Surprisingly, he dreaded having auburn hair. (9) 22 Refute concerns, however. (5) 23 Old-fashioned structural support U.S. government agency is backing. (7) 24 Initially, total stranger getting left with small child. (7) 25 Shelters sun's terribly unyielding severity. (12) |
| DOWN 2 Dilettante has friend near university in Arkansas. (7) 3 Work written by Homer in one-fifty-one A.D. (5) 4 Absorbs a bit of scent in English roses. (9) 5 Tip delivery company with extravagant extremes. (5) 6 Ruined NBA career with deviation from accepted standards. (9) 7 Between nine and eleven in sets of baby animals. (7) 8 Court martial troubled enrollee? (12) 9 Nearby priest converted from Protestant faith. (12) 14 Lively Texan rube is agitating. (9) 15 An Ecuadorean couple is extremely fond of entertaining stories. (9) 17 Concerns with terribly crude diminishing agent. (7) 19 Bible mixer in Nova Scotia has snacks. (7) 21 Transfer is tied up. (5) 22 Managed to cover produce from harmful gas. (5) |
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