| CRYPTIC NO. 40--Easter/Passover Puzzle |
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| ACROSS 1 Have an egg, missing beginning of pageant?(3) 5 Parade participant in emergency room after Easter time. (7) 8 "Easter Parade" dancer initially felt embarrassed by a step error. (4,7) 9 Arithmetic involving ounces returned in Passover food. (6) 10 In month of Passover, get imported car? (6) 13 Design on spring decor matching. (13) 15 "Better to have a rabbit's favourite cereal with a couple of potatoes," author wrote of Peter Rabbit. (7,6) 18 Passover story of ox used fabrication. (6) 20 Letter from Greece around time of Crucifixion evidence. (6) 22 Precipitate change by wandering. (11) 23 Chinese food an Easter tradition at the White House? (3,4) |
| DOWN 2 Charge a couple of hundred American by beginning of Easter. (6) 3 Attractive and small inside residence. (8) 4 Rejection of fifty percent of eggs found in country. (8) 6 Author doesn't start going into U.S. agency's standards. (8) 7 Spring flower in from Dublin, just about. (4) 9 Centre of Cadbury filling a cream mixture--It's ghastly! (7) 11 I regain organization in African republic. (7) 12 Glue no good under first letter in "Easter". (5) 14 Engraved design in silver inside restored oil tin. (8) 16 Stirring sour gin mixture. (7) 17 Meat loaf nearly mixed into cereal. (7) 19 Sign of guys going after egg? (4) 21 Locks in noisy rabbit. (4) |