Irish Times (Crosaire) - Mar 7 2009

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A ridiculous story of the farmyard (1, 4, 3, 1, 4) ACOCKANDABULL
By the sound of it, one knows how to get a thumb to it in derision COCKINGASNOOK
Did this Egyptian take the plunge at last? KHEDIVE
Gale for the Greens? ALGA
Has the mat gone for a spark? MAGNETO
How Nelson might have greeted a relation by his name HORATIO
In the East Samuel is starting to have strings attached SAMISEN
In the mouth in how big it is by sound or afterwards INCISOR
In the States one may take it as read, by the sound of it INDIAN
It's hard to get a thread inside it NUT
It's not this, you see, that would make the Jew unhappy SAD
It's odd they would promise to pay for such a wretched dog CURIOUS
Let it not be hard inside LEASED
Not good feeling for a king, by the sound of it PAIN
One is paling while paying for stolen goods FENCE
One of four sons so wet SEA
One that sounds in a hurry to have been red RUSSIA
Seems Mother got rid of the potatoes like this MASHED
Sew it back again for the ratty river WESER
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She makes the United States stretch from pole to pole SUSAN
Talking over the let-up of the possession CHATTEL
That blooming tree starts with a century at the double ACACIA
That one's sure to give one lip KISS
That would make it to get sound HEAR
That's a glen, I see, that's so heavenly ANGELIC
That's quite an udder matter MILK
The place that's alternative, but not for soft fruit ORCHARD
The spirit needs our presence to get talked about RUM
They get fed up for being in the cockpit FIGHTINGCOCKS
This 19 across has them on your side after tea TALLIES
This may cut off the flow to the North (6) SEVERN
This play of T.S. Eliot was no 6 down despite the drinks there COCKTAILPARTY
Weevil with the food GRUB
What a bore that I am allowed it at last GIMLET
What a gory mixture for Wilde, by the sound of it ORGY
Who cares how they're run? RACES
Yes, it takes ages to get round about this AGREES
Ze way zey goez down in metallic manner? ZINC