puzzle #1
richard thompson

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ACROSS
1. Edward and Edwina together at the same school. [5]
3. One of two who made twice-shortened reactor core blow up. [2-7]
8. Blackout, luck out, put 150 back and process metal. [6]
9. Company conditional do. [4]
10. Firm pick to bring on board. [2-3]
12. A portion of his suet pudding was the topic of debate. [5]
14. A group in company marching backwards to offensive engagement. [5]
16. Enter L.A. and find it much like heaven. [7]
17. Patio section his daughter raced around. [7]
20. Reportedly, the co-chairman in the absence of the aviator was the tutor. [5]
22. Subside together noisily. [4]
23. To top up with a single penny would be a motivator. [4]
25. Insure minus five plus one hundred and one working used to persuade. [8]
26. Disgust after first shooting makes a volatile element. [6]
28. The city where there's no love for the clumsy Acme Company. [5]
30. Minds used poorly cause this of thought. [9]
32. They say if you are going to point out the general's mistakes, you had better do it properly. [9]
33. Company supporter, hooded and dangerous. [5]
DOWN
1. Like a dunce's cap seen without a printer's measure; mixed up but short and to the point. [7]
2. With 100, a segment sometimes used in obstetrical emergencies. [7]
3. A horse made from 8 without a computer key. [3]
4. Remembering not about gathering. [10]
5. Partly hidden by trees the best route angles toward to a great culinary delight. [5]
6. Told to take in a sail to get a ship ready to go to sea. [5]
7. Work together like the barrel maker devoured. [9]
11. It's difficult when love is involved to keep things for one's self. [5]
13. Seal Moors in the locus of buying and selling. [9]
14. Company marching backwards to a famous offensive group. [5]
15. From direct contact... yada, yada yada. [3]
18. Listen, I was with a John in the narrow lane next to my house when it happened. [5]
19. Pea claims might provide just the kind of emergency two referred to. [9]
21. Once the variable was removed the eyechart revealed an area of land. [7]
23. Charge the back section of a mechanical lift. [4]
24. A dozen poorly drawn celestial figures. [6]
25. He used part of the firm's sound system to make sure the people at the back got the joke. [5]
27. Mildly lose fifty grand speculating in this way. [4]
29. One will get ya to someplace in Tabacca Road. [3]
31. Go out with Edith Brown's boys for starters. [3]


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