| CRYPTIC NO. 49 |
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| ACROSS 1 Terrible treason of Ottawa hockey player. (7) 5 Erases from initial exam a couple of failing grades by pilots. (7) 9 Final part of book from Waterford rewritten. (9) 10 Agricultural railroad around university near Alabama. (5) 11 Call for frozen rain. (4) 12 Sad, strange homely clan. (10) 14 Woman at man's case. (7) 16 Rather badly stained. (7) 18 Withdraw concerns with diplomacy about right. (7) 19 Back within Tuvalu, feel good, happy. (7) 21 Cruelly mock bagman's game. (10) 24 Beginning of August clear and dry. (4) 26 Couple from ledge likely jumped. (5) 27 Unusual Argentine fruit. (9) 28 Hoped to break despair. (7) 29 Legal compensation for injury from barriers taking time. (7) |
| DOWN 1 Destroys small army hospitals. (7) 2 Somehow, men turn it into sustenance. (9) 3 Part of car exhaust. (4) 4 Letter from Greece on North-East European river. (5) 5 Grenadine mixture is sweet. (9) 6 Feared cost changes as predicted. (10) 7 Novelty item made of copper near Brazilian city. (5) 8 Small stage production on editor's spread. (7) 13 This grater's better, more aligned. (10) 15 Property holding I'm beginning to develop is appraised. (9) 17 Strengthening C.N. foreign trade. (9) 18 Unsophisticated person left Los Angeles with contagious disease. (7) 20 Left snakes by stairs? (7) 22 Applaud having chief suspect in hold. (5) 23 Had had debts around beginning of November. (5) 25 Appear to have joint, sounds like. (4) |