Mrs. Taylor's class - #10
by Ron Sweet

Mrs. Taylor's class - #10 grid

Across
1About half the class starts to get involved reading long stories (5)
4Passenger beginning to recognize dire trouble (5)
7Sad, sad commercials (3)
8Panama, for example, is two-thirds of the total, in retrospect (7)
9Avoid one brand of trucks (5)
10Unexpectedly begins offering discounts during leap years (5)
12Empty pothole full of crushed ice, in part (5)
14Blacksmith's equipment stored in Ukranian village (5)
16Surprisingly reveals quite a few (7)
18Operated restaurant as nightclub, initially (3)
19True, we had planted seeds (5)
20Get wool from hopping hares? (5)
Down
1Great beginning, clever ending, and very impressive (5)
2Strangely, I reused remainder (7)
3Take large bodies of water, we hear (5)
4Cooperation reveals relationship of one number to another (5)
5Bring back crazy source of hydroelectric power (3)
6Spray changing how a person with a sore throat sounds (5)
11Varied people in SCUBA equipment surface, finally (7)
12Poses awkwardly in Mexican capital? (5)
13Made a mistake on TV, to the audience (5)
14Book of maps at Los Angeles store, primarily (5)
15Between left and right, one person who stays out of groups (5)
17Promise to put drop of oil in Volkswagen (3)

Solution