- The Mascot
WORRY-FREE CRYPTIC
(MAY '99)
by Will DaBeed
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| Across 8. Hitchcock and Portugese Paul, the worry-free mascot (6,1,6) 9. Typewritten 'Helvetica' appears initially in Chon Buri culture (4) 10. El Paso dads are hell-bent for leather (6,4) 11.Poetically, England's a 'savage beast clutching noble heart' (6) 12. Part of the immune system and, boy, it's terrible (8) 14. He started it and a prince soundly profits (7,6) 17. Homeless honies around a hankie holder? (5,3) 20. Sawyer gets by stealing ring from a rambunctious girl (6) 21. Six bullies haze N. Faldo (4,1,5) 23. Republican cream pie is ready to eat (4) 24. Thousand notes at the end of Rowan & Martin's TV show tick off a buffoon (13)
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Down 1. There's movement after Johnny makes funds available (4,4) 2. Properly cook calf if oily (10) 3. Some brothels in Kiev are built by Finns (8) 4. I anagrammed adze correctly to get the message from 14 Across (4.3,8) 5. Tell E.P Tailor to have a shot (6) 6. Cross parents cut short child's holiday (4) 7. Like AN or far from shore (6) 13. It does wonders for the blood when one roars off in a BMW (4,6) 15. Hoists an odd looking bowl over (8) 16. Laggard's leisurely nudge (8) 18. Hotel bar about to advertise some land (6) 19.God! That sounds like something you'd churn out (6) 22. Duck calling is penalized (4) |
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