Monday 4th February 2008

ACROSS:

8 : Forgiven [For + Given (Present) = no more blame]
9: Loiter [Anagram of No+Tile]
10: Behold [Sounds like Low = Lo! = Behold]
11: Numbered [Feel less = Number + Ed ... Figured]
12: Indians [Red in States (USA)]
13: Oriented [Orient = the East, Oriented = Aligned]
15: Cans [One able = Can, They = Plural = Cans, need an opener]
17: Tangled [Angled after 'T' = had to get things straight]
19: Vulgate [Luv back = VUL, way = gate, Vulgate = old manuscript, typically Bible]
22: Daps [Dad = Da + Ps (afterthought) = fishing]
24: Nepotism [Keeping it in the family...:)]
27: Enough [Anagram of huge+no]
29: Parisian [Equal = Par + Is + Ian (the boy) = in France]
30: Tables [Can = Able, in Ts (street up) ... flat]
31: ???
32: Emigrate [Them = Em + I + Grate (cause friction) = Get away]

DOWN:

1: Korean [For the Moslem = Koran, around E ... From the East]
2: Ignoring [American soldier = GI, so Ig + No Ring (nothing on hand)]
3: Evidence [Witness box in court]
4: On and On [obvious]
5: Alumni [salt Alum + NI (northern Ireland = Ulster) ... Old boys]
6: Pigeon [Pig + Eon ... Homing pigeon]
7: Severest [South S + Everest (mountain) = greatest challenge]
14: RSVP [Initials of a response, Respondez S'il Vous Plait]
16: Adds [No Minus]
18: Averages [Claim = Aver + Ages (time) = mean]
20: Used To It [Employed = Used, 'O' in Tit (nothing in little bird)]
21: Gaol Bird [In the Air = Bird, a gaol bird has done time]
23: Amended [Noon is when AM ends...so, AM + Ended]
25: Onitis [On (from 4 down) + it + is ... some kind of skin disease? Could not find reference...]
26: Idiots [I had = Id + io (10) + ts]
28: Greats [Capital = great + S ... Oxford reference is to classics courses...the 'Greats']

I cannot reproduce clues or the grid because I don't want to piss off the Irish Times or Mr. Crosaire. So let me make it clear, ALL of the stuff referred to on this page is property of the Irish Times and/or Crosaire.

More tomorrow....