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Cryptic 15x15 American Crossword - Compiled By John Mann

Date: 01 May 2009 Title: Once in a Lifetime!

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Across

1. Talking to a head of department - the sauce! (10)
11. Wading bird, sacred to ancient Egyptians (4)
15. A fear of gravity (10)
16. A loud, bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion (4)
17. Signing in haste? (10)
18. Forefeited pond fish in part (4)
19. Reversible apron-top (3)
20. (archaic) Small jar; holds liquid (oil or water) (5)
21. Automaker Citro?n (5)
22. The Everly Brothers, etc. (4)
23. A dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant (7)
25. Artisan, I turned out some special woodwork (8)
29. Car outing to a river in Sussex (4)
30. Acadia National Park locale (5)
31. Private chapels (9)
35. Drop a ton along endings for a severe twinge (4)
36. Nasty as I had to be in various ways (5)
37. Correct by punishment or discipline (4)
38. Watch Karen rise to eradicate the written word (3-6)
40. ____ Major (5)
41. '____ the Rkatec' - member of 'The Deadbeats' - part of the Hip Hop collective from Phoenix, Arizona (4)
42. Specious Greek philosophers (8)
44. Little boy backing into tree disturbed insect (7)
47. Persia, today (4)
48. Pulpit (5)
49. 'E pluribus unum', e.g. (5)
51. Tune; atmosphere (3)
54. Legal claim (4)
55. Regret pence aren't what's required here (10)
57. 'L, we hear, is from a modern classic' (4)
58. Making our descent without a guide (10)
59. Depend on Penny leaving response (4)
60. Festive season for which Cherry wears white? (10)

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1. Old Nisan should stop dribbling (4)
2. ____ Behr, TV presenter (4)
3. Small amount (4)
4. Garbage in the grotto (3)
5. Choosy eater's mince pie and pickle (7)
6. Parts allotted to ploughmen? (6)
7. A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances (9)
8. Winged wader, once worshipped (4)
9. Dressed in these - to kill, maybe? (5)
10. (That's awful!) (3)
11. Make flat tab, perhaps, for old divider (11)
12. Endless fish Scotsman's provided for islanders (10)
13. Accepted by R.A.F. perhaps (5)
14. Ex party leader who meant to make things tough (5)
21. ____ Flite (bicycle brand) (4)
22. Supplementary benefit for workers lacking security (11)
24. This head, with accent, could be antipasto (4)
25. Warriors limping a bit (4)
26. Indian bread (4)
27. Friend of Peter's to mess around with short beautiful girl (10)
28. Astrological man (5)
32. Quickest to read, it's being re-written (9)
33. Expel, as of gases and odours (4)
34. The dried leaves of the hemp plant (4)
36. Jack's last, being shaken (4)
39. Complex quantities (4)
40. Reed pipe with finger holes on wich the melody is played (7)
43. Pincer movement might succeed (6)
44. Ancient Germanic coin (5)
45. 'South Pacific' hero (5)
46. 'Mefistofele' role (5)
50. Copies primates (4)
51. One hesitating to express approval in the meantime (4)
52. Chilled and much spiced (4)
53. (archaic) Give an interpretation (4)
55. Parisian street (3)
56. Production etc. of esthetics (3)