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RMTnews :: december 2005
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RMT £50 prize bumper
No. 20. Set by Elk
ACROSS
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Not light, but rapid transit nonetheless (5,4)
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Made hay - or money - at others’ expense (11)
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Waters close to coast (7)
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Article of faith -- whichever way you look at it! (5)
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Revolts (7)
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Agents for dental cleaning (11)
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One who launches legal suit (9)
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Racist system defeated in South Africa in 1994 (9)
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Relation, by marriage (6-2-3)
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DPM, ex-RMT (8)
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Typographical error, in short (4)
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Leave in the lurch (7)
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German inventor of carburettor and first motorcycle (7)
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Rearmost extremity of animal - or to follow (4)
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Character of several Shakespeare plays (8)
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Withdrawn, not outgoing (11)
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Devon town famed for its carpets (9)
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Shrubs, and their flowers, named after botanist Alex
Garden (9)
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Tactic of harrasing and toying with quarry before final
kill (3-3-5)
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Place, or money paid, for stowing things, especially at
sea (7)
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Commercial building with rooms to let (5)
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Cutting tool with toothed steel belt (4-3)
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Delighted - cliche in sporting world (4,3,4)
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Mixture of lager and cider (9)
DOWN
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Plum duff; seasonal dessert (9,7)
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Moved by very strong feelings (10)
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Of a proposition, assumed for the sake of argument (12)
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Person with the same handle as another (8)
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Empty, meaningless remark (9)
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Blister beetle, or preparation made from them (7,3)
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This satire is no more: it has ceased to be! (5,6)
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Name shared by mountain ranges in California,
Andalucia and Venezuala (6,6)
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Finland’s capital (8)
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Guided by sense of what is right (10)
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In Rome, 15th of March, May, July or October, or 13th of
other months (4)