November 2007

1-across – Two-wheeled one-horse carriage : HANSOMCAB

8-across – Accumulate : HOARD

9-across – Dummy pill : PLACEBO

10-across – World-class : MASTERLY

11-across – See : ESPY

13-across – Use : EMPLOY

14-across – Watch out for falling tree! : TIMBER

16-across – Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo, Gummo – or Karl? : MARX

17-across – Bit of a shower? : RAINDROP

19-across – Recovery of wrecks : SALVAGE

20-across – Motif : THEME

21-across – Sour fruit used for jam or jelly : CRABAPPLE

1-down – Spiny creature : HEDGEHOG

2-down – Incendiary liquid : NAPALM

3-down – Gemstone : OPAL

4-down – Fast food product : CHEESEBURGER

5-down – Set to explode unexpectedly : BOOBYTRAPPED

6-down – Works for a small group of instrumentalists : CHAMBERMUSIC

7-down – Nonalcoholic root drink : SARSAPARILLA

12-down – Small illustration at the beginning or end of a book : VIGNETTE

15-down – Rise and shine! : WAKEUP

18-down – Soldier in an airborne unit : PARA

1-across – Book by Charlotte Brontë : JANE

3-across – Tumour : SWELLING

9-across – Commotion : TURMOIL

10-across – _____ da Gama : VASCO

11-across – Epithet applied to suburbs : LEAFY

12-across – Walk like a small child : TODDLE

14-across – Perimeter of circle : CIRCUMFERENCE

17-across – On fire : AFLAME

19-across – Native of east Adriatic country : CROAT

22-across – Tree for basket making : OSIER

23-across – Scorn : DISDAIN

24-across – French policeman : GENDARME

25-across – See 1 : EYRE

1-down – As dark as can be : JETBLACK

2-down – Shearer or Major : NORMA

4-down – See 21 : WALNTOFREEDOM

5-down – Very angry : LIVID

6-down – Regulator of blood sugar : INSULIN

7-down – Well done! Health-giving : GOOD

8-down – See 7 : FORYOU

13-down – Group of words with verb : SENTENCE

15-down – Violent criminal : RUFFIAN

16-down – Alcove – holiday : RECESS

18-down – Main artery : AORTA

20-down – Female reproductive gland : OVARY

21-down – Book by Nelson Mandela : LONG

1-across – Book by Herman Melville : MOBYDICK

5-across – Stupid person : PRAT

9-across – Hooter : SIREN

10-across – Relating to a carnivore or to certain popes : LEONINE

11-across – Orders, maybe 10 : COMMANDMENTS

13-across – See 7 : ISLAND

14-across – Elementary text book : PRIMER

17-across – Town – sofa : CHESTERFIELD

20-across – Leading : INFRONT

21-across – Melancholy song : DIRGE

22-across – Affectionate or foolish : FOND

23-across – Disadvantage : DRAWBACK

1-down – Command to huskies : MUSH

2-down – Endangered night bird : BARNOWL

3-down – Type of currency, religion etc : DENOMINATION

4-down – Settlement : COLONY

6-down – Be on the throne : REIGN

7-down – Book by Stevenson : TREASURE

8-down – Gabled projection from sloping roof : DORMERWINDOW

12-down – Petty misdeeds or real damage : MISCHIEF

15-down – Disease spread by mosquito : MALARIA

16-down – Bowl-shaped hole in the ground : CRATER

18-down – Fairy-like : ELFIN

19-down – Acme : PEAK

1-across – Book by E.M. Forster : HOWARDSEND

7-across – Endeavour : ATTEMPT

8-across – Fathom – out-and-out : PLUMB

10-across – Public exhibition : EXPO

11-across – One looking for hidden objects : SEARCHER

13-across – See 9 : TOWERS

15-across – Scottish ferry port : ROSYTH

17-across – Sporting association or implement : GOLFCLUB

18-across – Extra : PLUS

21-across – One who steals : THIEF

22-across – Underground delicacy : TRUFFLE

23-across – Without words being used : IMPLICITLY

1-down – Agitated : HETUP

2-down – Uterus : WOMB

3-down – Putrid : ROTTEN

4-down – Of higher quality : SUPERIOR

5-down – Badly behaved : NAUGHTY

6-down – Impermeable – unbreakable : WATERTIGHT

9-down – Book by Anthony Trollope : BARCHESTER

12-down – Elegant : GRACEFUL

14-down – See 20 : WILLIAM

16-down – Relating to a religious system : CULTIC

19-down – Elevated : LOFTY

20-down – Book by Richmal Crompton : JUST

1-across – Book by Daphne du Maurier : JAMAICAINN

7-across – Candidate : ASPIRANT

8-across – See 9 : MORE

9-across – Book by Jeffrey Archer : NOTA

10-across – Obvious : EVIDENT

12-across – Car with folding top : CONVERTIBLE

14-across – Large American tree : REDWOOD

16-across – Quick photograph – impression : SNAP

19-across – : SHOT

20-across – Laxative : APERIENT

21-across – Novella : SHORTSTORY

1-down – Leader of the Argonauts : JASON

2-down – Make damp : MOISTEN

3-down – Modern Persia : IRAN

4-down – Occupation or exercise : ACTIVITY

5-down – Wanderer : NOMAD

6-down – Border – unofficial festival events : FRINGE

11-down – Elegant and carefree : DEBONAIR

12-down – Nursery : CRECHE

13-down – Do begin : BENDIGO

15-down – Timepiece – look out : WATCH

17-down – See 9 : PENNY

18-down – : LESS