Irish Times (Crosaire) - Feb 25 2006

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Can a hill-dweller stand for this sort of predator? ANTBEAR
For one place in the air it's quite a mouthful PELICAN
Go on ahead and be noble before fifty EAR
Hop around? (4) BALL
How no newcomers could save tin NATIVES
How sweet to sound so black at the throat! NECTAR
How to encourage your boy that's not really your boy to walk STEPSON
Is she back for Atlas? MAP
It comes at length (2'1, 2, 4, 4) ITSATLONGLAST
It would be enough to make a TD ache to get him away from the others DETACH
It would be grand to get the sand under you THOU
It would take her to make one so feeble so sheepish WET
Might the horse get it to shoot over the ridge? CART
Not spread out for make-up COMPACT
Not unfrocked, yet by the sound of it he might be fired from the Church CANON
On this of for one over two BEHALF
One for this if it's in black and white SORROW
One may be positive that he was the first of the first of 10 across ADAMANT
One of this in a broken spoon could be the death of you (6) POISON
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Or this would be gettin around for lying BED
Portending that the bottle is finished LASTOFTHEWINE
Present for trials as the witness does ATTESTS
So to turn up and turn round does not look so good LEER
Sounds as if the hose for her is for praise ANNAS
Sounds like part of the play for the sect (6) ESSENE
Stitch the river up again WESER
Tan this place for fan fare TARA
That's where it's so wrong - right in the middle INMOST
The man will get down to it if he's not good HELL
There might be a stretcher playing at the 6 down ANELASTICBAND
There's something cooking to make 17 acrosses go wrong STEW
They're thought not to be charged NOTIONS
To put a thousand in the sea would make no difference SAME
Transport in the rain would be so heavenly NIRVANA
Weds finally and recently LASTWEDNESDAY
Will F ever get the French into the girl? MALARIA
Will he let this up over the fire? MANTEL
Would sound like the police, by the sound of it COPSE