Crossword for Wed, 20/Dec/2006

1
 
2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
 
 
 
4
 
5
 
 
 
6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
 
 
15
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21
 
 
 
 
 
22
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Across
2: Cleopatra and her court's quirky pet saying (9)

5: Consumed and digested tea (3)

7: English post-punk singer was very determined. (7)

9: Send back gangster's gun to get ID (3)

10: Obscure trivia in a common Latin phrase meaning 'nothing beats a tie in tennis'? (5,6,4)

12: Desire tale filled with energy (5)

13: Surrounded, small insect crawled into cover (7)

14: A right given to colliery worker or sailor (7)

16: No spot for weather forecast before snow approaches (5)

18: Dog of old opium-eater in novel (9,6)

19: Encourage horse led with direction. (3)

20: Put a bit of petrol in Bug and Probe (7)

21: Agree to make Lucifer wicked? (3)

22: No government lawyer's thrilled to display being agreeable (3,6)
Down
1: Loves turncoat in extremely raunchy speechmaking (7)

3: Sadly curtail urge for land cultivation (11)

4: Changed musician not so offensively pious (13)

5: Essay writers essentially met back in apartment (7)

6: Therefore, finish off this bit of work (3)

8: Double profit repeatedly (5,3,5)

11: Disturbed intruder, pet disturbed. (11)

15: TV's Ellen, upset after last two bits edited out, broke contract (7)

17: Characteristic emissions found when you inspect radioactive material. (7)

19: Going after the final piece of puzzle for a very long time (3)




Solution (Reversed)
E
T
A
S
N
A
I
T
P
Y
G
E
O
R
T
A
G
R
G
A
T
N
R
T
N
A
M
A
D
A
E
C
I
G
T
R
O
M
A
T
I
C
N
I
V
A
I
N
M
O
P
I
U
N
I
R
D
E
T
I
M
I
L
T
N
R
A
E
Y
O
T
E
A
S
R
A
E
N
U
R
E
N
I
R
A
M
P
I
R
R
D
E
E
L
D
O
O
P
E
R
U
T
A
I
N
I
M
C
U
P
G
E
T
C
E
P
S
N
I
T
A
G
G
E
R
E
I
E
O
A
T
N
E
S
S
A
D
O
N
D
O
N