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Matakari | 16:04 Sun 15th Mar 2009 | Crosswords
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Some hints for the following, please!
ACROSS:
11. Second vessel-like ketch in design(6) ?????C
14. Old city in revolution was first controlled(5) ?U???
16. Loathing exercise, tucked into bread mostly(6):
?????A
23. Element in box carried by Chinese person(7):
?A???E?
24.Look after very good motorcycle(4): ?O??

DOWN:
3. Inducement to keep line in part of contract(6):
?L????
18. Medicine, ordinary, zero in value(7): ?N?R???
21.Allied ****** losing millions(6): ?????E

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So you;'re still plugging away Matakari!11) Having a little difficuly with just a hint for this, SECOND, means a short time here or HALF A ??, then the next 4 letters are a ketch-like vessel.
14) A two letter old city reversed, then WENT FIRST, a design
16) A 4 letter word meaning a type of bread, then shortened, insert a 3 letter word meaning exercise,
23) The box here is a 4 letter word meaning a theatre box, inside a 3 letter Cinese person.
24) A 2 letter word meaning very good, then a 2 letter poetic word for see, as and behold

3d) L=line in a word meaning inducement or make to happen, giving one section of a contract.
18) ZERO, then a cost with 0 inside
21) Think of a 7 letter word meaning ******, losing M from the beginning.
Sorry, I put "a design" in 14ac, it should have been in 11ac. The definition in 14ac is controlled or reigned.
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Many thanks for taking the time to provide all these hints, DocHH! But, alas, sometimes the hints are even more subtle than the clues...I think iI got 3 & 21 Down, but don't seem to be able to see 18 Down...Is it ONEROUS? As for the Across hints, 23 could be HALOGEN? For 24, I've got LO, but cannot see the 2-letter word for very good...And 11,14 and 16 are still puzzling...Incidentally, a hint for 1ACROSS: Abandon food ( 5 ) - ???A?I just want to complete this for my own edification...Thanks again for any further help!
18d (O)p(o)rice
Ha(loge)n
Abandon food ..Chuck (chuck is food as in chuck wagon )
11 Second is a Mo ..a moment
14 Ruled ..Old city is UR (in revolution ) backwards RU +controlled.. Led
16 Nausea Naan (less N ) tuck in Use ..Exercise
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Sorry ..start again
11 Mosaic .. MO = second as in a Mo' and Saic is a kind of ketch ...common in the Levant .
I am still musing on this other one I have put S(ok)o OK very good .
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Thank you very much for this help, shaneystar2! I shall mull over these answers and learn from them...

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