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JULY CRYPTIC CROSSWORD by Will DaBeed

Print the grid and clues and solve at your leisure.

July Puzzle

Bonus clue: Outer squares spell out movie title and star.

Across
 8. A rod and two cod with their tails cut off. Now that's style! (6)
 9. A quaint one missing in 'The Color Purple' (watered down) (8)
10. Lassie, make a movie with such a heavenly body (8)
11. Puff or take a toke (6)
12. A courtesan, Anastasia, has pineapples from Guadaloupe (6)
13. Burns or Jock itch, toss and turn (8)
14. At first glance, exaggerated grandeur or self-centered psyches (4)
16. Odd sort of boy's room no source of romantic poetry (5)
17. Center of path runs the American kind of way (4)
18. Reading the ad, a checker's pain in the you-know-what (8)
20. Revolutionary aims to present Chinese philosophy (6)
22. Art naturally reflected Hindu writing (6)
23. Out of bounds, it's trendy to go AWOL (4,4)
24. Tell again to check the structure (8)
25. Basic onomatopoeia has Ma jumping through spinning hoop (6)
Down
 1. One on one, an ancient colonizer (6)
 2. Takes bread and wine to hippie hang-outs (8)
 3. Bloody channels reschedule a 'Roast' (6)
 4. Poet's never heard of the bearded lady's anathema? (4)
 5. Question if new road displaces ties to one of mixed descent (8)
 6. Former secretary of UN that's in disarray (6)
 7. Taken in by the splendor, servant's a supporter (8)
13. This material sounds swell (5)
15. Not defined like a retirement home? (4,4)
16. A cowboy gets $1.00 per marsupial (8)
17. Helped oneself to. OK's omelet's for presentation (4,4)
19. Determining when going out (6)
20. My boot kicked Annie Oakley, for one (6)
21. His ark is rebuilt for sport hunting in India (6)
23. Report preserves doorway feature (4)

SOLUTION

Please note: Some clues may stray from strict convention but I hope the added help of the bonus clue will allow most people to enjoy the puzzle without hitting a dead end. All words appearing in this puzzle can be found in Webster's College Dictionary. If you want to comment on this puzzle, please post to the forum.


© Will DaBeed 1998

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