| CRYPTIC NO. 42 |
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| ACROSS 1 Root of skin irritation involving a couple of diagnoses. (6) 4 Illustrations of crumbling piecrust. (8) 10 Prophet is small part in change. (9) 11 Editor has North Dakota edition mainly finished. (5) 12 Agile cat & pug trained in Honduran city. (11) 13 Hearing sheep by tree. (3) 14 Couples from Newmarket, Pembroke and Ottawa community. (6) 16 Sounds like army commander related to war. (7) 19 Fluster mover by relaxing. (7) 20 Street left in place, finally. (6) 22 Returned bathroom fixture, however. (3) 24 Authorization of memo went per arrangement. (11) 27 Drive one member of parliament by parts of Elgin. (5) 28 Cutting up on Sex Ed being covered. (9) 29 Start getting thinner by being more gluttonous? (8) 30 Showy to pilot aircraft around tree. (6) |
| DOWN 1 Metal fasteners made by former Rhode Island soldiers? (6) 2 Regis ends struggle with fashion consultants. (9) 3 Unemotional, to put into exact wording. (5) 5 Blissful period sounds lacking in activity. (5) 6 He has to go in to sign for reference book? (9) 7 Red Deer's first to probe mayor Giuliani. (5) 8 Amazed, going up through smooth material of footpath. (8) 9 Alarming manoeuvres near the border. (8) 15 Weakened, has been fed remedy containing a couple of leaves. (9) 16 Latex producer left in mid-week to relocate. (8) 17 Sell Sen--is impaired by afflictions. (9) 18 Talking informally about right of seizing. (8) 21 Cigar gets low grade--it's dull. (6) 23 Get ready to play golf around Pennsylvania Native's home. (5) 25 Impolite to go after chief precepts of puritan. (5) 26 Force away returning outcast. (5) |