Imprint Friday, February 10,1984; Vol. 6, No. 27; UW's Student Newspaper; Waterloo, Ontario
The cryptic crossword has always been the preserve of the elite word-punlist. and the only good reason for reading the Classifieds section of the Globe and Mail. Now you. too. can join this distinguished but modest crowd. by lekrning the basics of solving crypticcrosswords. Take this
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I . It will drive quickly back arid forth. (4-3) . 5. Flowers could cause sores. (5) 8. Kept going, possibly unnoticed. (9) 9. Prompt to line up, we hear. (3) 10. Don't keep on returning cookware. (4) 12. Getting fascinating. (8) , 14. A man flared out. (6) 15. Take some airplane to Mars, for example. (6) 17. Can't a taskmaster be concealing musical works? (8) 18. Burst, you might say, with colour. (4) 21. Winter sports equipment in his kitchen. (3) 22. Scalloped, perhaps, but fell apart. (9) 24. Anyone's clothing, or women's clothing. (5) 25. Councillor fixed as tenor. (7)
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I . Cares about running contests. (5) 2. Is able to preserve. (3) 3. A piece broken off of a French fried potato. (4) 4. Sent by means of a different detour. (6) 5. Roots of extremists. (8) 6. Divided coast-line, perhaps. (9) 7. Skill is not very'mwh, it's said. (7) 1 1. Unpleasant attack. (9) 13. Some sharpen ancestral penalties. (8) 14. Charged the defendant. (7) 16. Pieces of furniture, possibly stable. (6) 19. Older shrub. (5) 20. Principal part of a horse, by the sound of it. (4) 23. 'Tis coming up to use a chair. (3)
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