November 2005 - 22x22 Barred Grid Cryptic Crossword
by Cullen

Across

3A critic of Minton concocting loving inventions (8,7)
13Writer using extracts from Browning or Kipling (5)
17Special ambassador - long given backing in Palestinian group (7)
18The girl in the chairman's office (4)
20Iberian girl soundly beat boy (10)
21The first person he always thinks of (6)
22Polish? That's what I am! (8)
23Send a pound back for English martyr (7)
25Crimes a king copies (5)
27Oriental outfit seen in Assam function (5)
29Drinks made by girl? Nonsense (6,8)
30At first, part of flower's covered up - scurfy substance on it? (5)
31Indian vehicles needing US petrol to get to 100 mph (6)
33Tea taken repeatedly during a dance (3)
35Very soon one girl is followed by another (2,1,6)
38Wild climber that is unknown around Beachy Head? (4)
40Little wonder! (6,7)
42Wand, perhaps, producing transient light (5,4)
45Mount with drum (5)
47What's Pericles suffered with loss of resistance? Darkness! (7)
52Would you love to be his target? (4)
54We're all together in such a state (5)
55Resistance wanting reverence paid when exchanging leaders (6)
56Near to the truth just outside one's front door perhaps (5,2,4)
57Have this one free! (2,2)
58Girl I left in meadow (5)
59Widow once caught out is fired again (5)
60Write back Greek letter on large rough slate : old Roman pickled fish sauce (5)
62Familiar with enemy, retreating after a battle (5,2)
65Worship what bride might say? Terrible lies (7)
68US Fort to support a horse (5)
70Some require a tailor-made lasso (5)
71Commanding officer with British navy - upper-class - Hornblower may want it? (5)
73In Scotland, a fox and duck will cause a stir (2-2)
74It's supporting the worst artist in a rock band (4,7)
76Prophet is resolved to get us meal (6)
77Useless Italian holds biro the wrong way up (5)
79This month in Westminster (4)
81Constituents can vote for cash in South America (7)
82A ewe still in the arms of Morpheus? (3,2)
83Particular Himalayan black shack, one seen to collapse (9)
87Curl, hardened and irascible (5-8)
91Who built St Paul's? A little bird tells you (4)
92Time to cut down forest to make

book (3,6)
93One who may vote on a current measure (3)
95Unworthy bridegroom is at heart a mongrel (6)
97The fellow to beat (5)
99One who admits being dressed up in uniform? (14)
105The sound made by the last of the batch (5)
106Small bone some main customers picked (5)
107Pisan count Posh exalted on one record? (7)
108Like the Brontes? That's so right! One spoken about! (8)
109There is a notice in this place to be loyal (6)
110Unsound entertainment? (6,4)
111Never eat earthy potato starters or vegetable! (4)
112Mechanic is landing (7)
113The psephologist must allow for this in a children's playground (5)
114What Venus de Milo might have said? How novel! (1,8,2,4)

Down

1The opening shot! (8)
2Mesquite fruit and seaweed will lead to fruit-syrup, first-rate (8)
3Poet's upset over US prisons - makes a fresh start (6)
4Ship's name spoilt by being crooked (9)
5Propensity of a head to include exercises (7)
6Reason for backing a loser? The head-wind (5)
7Very hard satire? (5)
8Obese person so rich to begin with (5)

9Resident worker supporting fashionable practice (10)
10Member in the vessel to rise (5,2)
11What's to be decided is for the children (5)
12Fuel merchant badly tailored at end of summer (3,6)
13Some eating at elegant table (4-3)
14Skating postponed? (2,3)
15In winter I'm easily deterred by frost (4)
16Where the anti-rail lobby sees future encroachments (7)
19Wander around low church (5)
24What's paid to secure a contract is serious dosh (7,5)
26Parsonage profligate finds husks satisfactory - bet Ron is upset! (8,6)
28Small bone in ear is close to fracture (7)
32Soon no one will miss her presumably (7)
34Industrious worker at an immature age (4,3)
36Stable accommodation only? (2,4,2,3,3)
37Rockery plant or coniferous shrub (6)
39Travel a mile in the Middle East to obtain gum resin (5)
41Desertion from a military establishment - not initially simple (8)
43Writing back to everyone is not important (5)
44They do a colourful job (5)
46In Ontario, a huge island (4)
48Object to Wells' Mr Cavor? (4)
49Spectacles - as much as you can see two at a time? (7)
50Drunk in charge after a couple of rounds - and rocky (7)
51End of acceptable behaviour? (3,4,5)
53Hill sped to church - in this
California city? (8)
61The Roman general sounds like a wrestler (7)
62In short, Saturday duty fix - for doing homework? (2,5)
63Wants son moved to centre? Did not, briefly, occur (5)
64Typically upright type of citizen? (5)
66There's no overcrowded town in Denmark (6)
67Very small quantity - nothing held by computers is answer (4)
69Where to get a divorce in the forenoon (4)
72Yardstick for the commander (5)
74The sort of suit you'll see Ivor in (7)
75Tom's company in painful squeeze (10)
78Put barrier around electric flex and switch markings (6,3)
80Simple addition at the cinema (4,5)
84Attacks and captures (8)
85The apex at the bottom of the computer industry's inverted pyramid! (3-5)
86Was his Danube as blue as his Levis? (7)
88Holding up game (7)
89Typical example of oriental religious book (7)
90Eastern instrument coming from Karachi (7)
94What a joint to find a bishop in (5)
96Time out in the bay (6)
98Name of the challenger? (5)
100The mob's intention is to come up and encircle a fellow (5)
101Quiet person did extremely well (5)
102Yellow garland over window (5)
103Everyone leaves, the rest is gone! (3,2)
104Said to be sacred spring festival (4)


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