Irish Times (Crosaire) - Dec 9 2005

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4/5 x 7 is not this sort of number EVEN
A spirited session for John at first SEANCE
According to plan, pussy gets up with a jerk TACTIC
At present that's plenty for the East ENOW
Blame the cleric if he gets to lie REVILE
Broadly speaking, there are about five hundred things to take with your lungs BREADTHS
By the sound of it, shut up one after the other INTURN
By the sound of them, I was among the things that got the stinks NOISES
Close to fifty-one all in line LINEAR
Edward who takes the plunge is put out of the way (8) DIVERTED
Had to do this to one's dough, by the sound of it NEEDED
Hurry, I see, to the characters of old RUNIC
In this vein, Mister, you're up to being a pest VERMIN
It irritated one when the girl was in the lead GALLED
It's fur that will get 'er for me, and there you have it in black and white ERMINE
Never up to having a second play REENACTED
Not a straight artist TURNER
One gathers that this sounds not like a so-and-so REAPER
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Over around the teetotaller is just for water OTTER
Possessed of something just over one foot under the knee HASSOCK
Said to be what was on the envelope ADDRESSED
Seems odd for the First Lady to have a nun around UNEVEN
Sounds as if the craven one behaved in a craven way COWERED
Stirred up and way out, confused with Dec EXCITED
That's the genuine manuscript of the kingdoms REALMS
That's what made you put your foot down TREADLE
The Sally that's a shy one AUNT
The stinking fish was making one so bitter RANKLING
They're kind of a green mixture GENERA
What 11 down does to a man is have him awash DETERGENT
What gets forgotten when you get the periscope OVERSIGHT
What this bloomer does it give one the hump and make one sick up CAMELLIA
What this does is change them for the better and finish them off EMEND
With mine, resolved to put one off DETER
Would it lower me to have the cleric around? DEMEAN
You're left with the beginning of 1 across OVER