Tuesday, May 18, 2010

SunWeb38 by Athos

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ACROSS

8 This e-mail can soothe an itch (8)

9 A sailor on foreign highway (6)

10 I would dive in to make a split (6)

11 One golden insect in court (8)

12 Not a fall, in the pink (6)

13 Covert Eastern infusion protects the fleet (8)

15 Glance over the gossip before the young man returns (4)

17 The last month with comfort in the end (7)

19 Twelve o'clock around north Dublin (7)

22 D'you hear the French come back for a fight (4)

24 The old salt is about like an oracle from a great distance (8)

27 Harem guard of old? (6)

29 Leave stranded around or about some chewy cookie (8)

30 Get back in that grand bus, it looks like rain (6)

31 A follower before Oz. caught on the hop (6)

32 Menus are used to gain access online (8)

DOWN

1 Cross wit Andrew for losing fifty (6)

2 Spoil once the business of 24 across (8)

3 Eternal, not as much as the end of 2 down (8)

4 Reproduction caliper (7)

5 Trap in the bar for some repartee (6)

6 A second class rascal in a manner of speaking (6)

7 Attractive magic X about (8)

14 Not of ten (4)

16 Give up a hundred before the turn in the river (4)

18 Travel around the Orient to climb on this (8)

20 Spanish delight and the Queen of England, blooming deadly (8)

21 Rub it in before the little car comes back before Easter is over (8)

23 You foresee an atomic explosion with this brain box (7)

25 If she comes back and forth for the party (6)

26 Too red to be standing still (6)

28 Of such poor quality it made mother weep (6)

Full Solution
 
ACROSS


8 calamine.

EMAIL CAN [anagram]

9 abroad.

AB + ROAD

10 divide.

ID DIVE [anagram]

11 litigant.

I GILT ANT [anagram]

12 cerise.

CE RISE

13 corvette.

COVERT + E + T

15 scan.

SCAN [DAL]

17 decease.

DEC EASE

19 Coolock.

O O'CLOCK [anagram]

22 duel.

D U EL

24 seafarer.

SE [AFAR] ER

27 eunuch.

EUNUCH

29 macaroon.

MA [CA] ROON

30 nimbus.

NI M BUS

31 bounce.

B + OUNCE

32 username.

MENUS ARE [anagram]


DOWN

1 satire.

SA [L] TIRE

2 maritime.

MAR I TIME

3 timeless.

TIME LESS

4 replica.

CALIPER [anagram]

5 banter.

NET BAR [anagram]

6 brogue.

B + ROGUE

7 magnetic.

MAGIC TEN [anagram]

14 once.

ONCE

16 cede.

C DEE [anagram]

18 elevator.

TRAVEL O E [anagram]

20 oleander.

OLE AND ER

21 liniment.

L [IN I M ] ENT

23 uranium.

U [C]RANIUM

25 Fianna.

FI ANNA

26 rooted.

TOO RED [anagram]

28 crummy.

MUM CRY [anagram]

Solved Grid