Times Club Monthly 20102

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Last three.

5 down Briefly managed place of captivity in insignificant bit of Australasia (5) R - K - O

20 across Full of smoke and mirrors, at first masking run of violence (4) F - M -
FUMY? Why?

21 across Miltonic emporer of Russia is to seek to withdraw from its head (4) - S - R
TSAR? Why?

Thanks.

[slaney]

21a From Milton's Paradise Lost - Ksar

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_EUgAAAAMAA J&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=milton+%22or+where+the+R ussian+ksar%22&source=bl&ots=vmUKXVzopZ&sig=8w dknt-9FzWh9KgrNF7z57g1TMw&hl=en&ei=ZPW4SYKMMpm 1jAeD54mzCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=re sult

[ulysses100]

5d ra(n) zoo = razoo (insignificant money down under)

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RAZOO sounds good, but what would that make 9 across?

NZ half of team coming in wipes out retreating Sovient intelligence unit (8)

- C - T - - - Z

I had SCATBACK, but I wasn't too happy about it.

[slaney]

Sp et zn az. - Soviet Intelligence Unit
Wipes out= zaps
half team=te
New Zealand =NZ
retreating , so all reversed.