Five and Ten
by Kegler
Two dozen clues to five-letter words are given below in alphabetical order (for
want of a better randomizer). Sixteen
of these answers are to be placed in the diagram’s five-letter slots. The
remaining eight are to be paired up to form
new words (for which no definitions are given) and placed in the diagram’s
ten-letter slots. All other clues are normal.
Across
| 1 | Put under the authority of crew's leader, boarding plane after bus returns (7) |
| 13 | Raise he eventually used, acquiring Bulgarian coin (7) |
| 16 | Old Red returns, interrupting crazy yell (7) |
| 17 | Ancient spot enthralls quartet of geologists (3-3) |
| 22 | Preserves ingredient's cored quintessence (6) |
| 23 | Country friar's heading away from the sea (7) |
| 30 | Pachyderm, in essence, carrying furs (7) |
| 33 | Web site users' pride wounded in seconds? (7) |
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Down
| 2 | Flatter Fred's friend, framing folderol, finally (7) |
| 5 | One cultivating Scrabble player with a little love? (6) |
| 9 | That woman taking flak for wrap (7) |
| 12 | Greek man embracing Ms. Degeneres (7) |
| 15 | Counter moves, and soundly defeat (7) |
| 17 | Redcoat scrambling in style (3,4) |
| 19 | Call for section of document it legitimized (7) |
| 21 | Peels back sheets, to start with, and rests (6) |
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Fives
| a. | Actually lacking energy for recovery |
| b. | Disrobe a harem using witchcraft |
| c. | Famous plantation keeping one crown |
| d. | Fear doctor's initial scan |
| e. | Footwear clashes |
| f. | Heaped praise, at first, on food store making a comeback |
| g. | Heard Frost's poetry |
| h. | Here in France, hospital ward is less welcoming |
| i. | Hurts while embracing revolutionary |
| j. | Indian beginning to defy belief |
| k. | Outlaw James' vehicle nearly loaded with spoils, front and back |
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| l. | Pictures of ten fish |
| m. | Prepare eggs in seaside village |
| n. | Reportedly, panel is uninterested |
| o. | Reputations for slamming doors |
| p. | Short trees destroyed |
| q. | So long, Pop; returning around 1:00 |
| r. | Strange, strange route |
| s. | Stream to split farms in the middle |
| t. | Stumbling poet maintains medium pace |
| u. | Sweet lump turned inedible, ultimately |
| v. | Unhappy one runs into Eric, upset |
| w. | Upon reflection, ask a moralist |
| x. | We hear no sound of a horse |
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Solution