mathNEWS Issue 90.3: Friday, October 28, 2002

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Cryptic Grid Clues

Across

  1. Martial art!" Homer Simpson says when he makes typo (6)
  2. I'm surrounded by asshole hostility (6)
  3. Guinness was a smart one (4)
  4. Putting together convention (8)
  5. Broke jar, rude beggar (7)
  6. Agency backed reported tease into garret (5)
  7. Friendship found in dream I typed (5)
  8. A middle child calls for outings (7)
  9. Reactionaries left scene confused about how planes shoot one another (3-2-3)
  10. Sums up a dentist (4)
  11. Fast rally reveals star quality (6)
  12. Burning is handy around alphabet (6)

Down

  1. Call up, got lucky (4)
  2. Shop for cheap fashion suited consort (8,5)
  3. Party bet on widow (7)
  4. Flowergirl (5)
  5. Opposite, I dry a metallic alloy (13)
  6. Point in dulling sword fighting? (8)
  7. Most stocky umps diet poorly (8)
  8. Meter urn inside daily (7)
  9. Homicidal lyrics disguise frolic (5)
  10. Those French say "Take a nap?" (4)

Conventional Grid Clues

Across

  1. Song bird (7)
  2. A Greek fear (6)
  3. A high flyer (4)
  4. "Little star" (8)
  5. Part mark, that's a German mark (7)
  6. Pair (5)
  7. Where Memphis is (5)
  8. A condition of bodily uneasiness or discomfort (7)
  9. Pencil lead (8)
  10. An eye part or a Murdoch (4)
  11. Stick in (6)
  12. Digit (6)

Down

  1. Hack (4)
  2. Hot chilli (7,6)
  3. Tetrahedron (7)
  4. Venom (5)
  5. Dependants (4,9)
  6. Rose mallow (8)
  7. Statuette (8)
  8. Pull in (4-3)
  9. What you multiply length by (5)
  10. Thought (4)


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