Irish Times (Crosaire) - Aug 2 2003

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After a month this might tax the king of France OCTROI
Before this there's a bus that could get you down ERE
Brace this for the soft melody PAIR
Cross more than one in the ranger ANGRIER
Do you give a hoot for this? SOUNDYOURHORN
Do you know you can actually 17 across with them, by the sound of this? REALISE
Finding what the directors think about it, perhaps SOUNDINGBOARD
Get ready to drive for somewhere to sit SETTEE
How charming it would be, I see, to get dilly about this IDYLLIC
How one may look both ways for bishops SEES
How one might exclaim how grand it is to show a little resistance OHM
How you might greet such a hard comedown HAIL
It needs only a wee N to get this in the middle BET
It'd get you down to be standing on your head UPSIDE
It's nothing but cant for the girl to begin to bleed UNABLE
It's on the cards that they'll be bargains DEALS
It's right, that is to say, to be in Ellen, by the sound of it LIEN
It's up to the artist to be the one to use his teeth to settle the dispute ARBITER
One might get her rings into this TRAWLER
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One's got it all taped THESOUNDTRACK
Only the experienced would try to get confused over nothing TYRO
Peculiar people start this just for a scrap ODDMENT
Polish up the top of the desk for the government department BUREAU
Such relief might sound full of sadness DOLE
That's a sound way to purchase us this with prejudice BIAS
The pleasure it gives to switch the bulb off, perhaps DELIGHT
The present way to kill mice by chopping them in bits? ENDEMIC
There's nothing but a mixture of gore to make one lively ALLEGRO
This chap's around in a green way SPINACH
This may follow the sound of the bee SEE
This would enable me to fly from the cat, by the sound of it (6) MEWING
Took part, but all for show (5) ACTED
Tried the steed after tea (6) TESTED
Well, this has made one fit for preservation CURED
What have they to say, back from Central America about you getting a couple of hundred? YUCCAS
When it's in enamel, that's what it's called NAME
Where you get rice from Ireland PADDY
You may depend on him being a noisy fellow (2, 2, 1, 5, 3) HEISASOUNDMAN