ðACROSS&DOWNZHql9"°1.2ææÿææÿææÿAUTOBIOGRAPHERSC.R.L.A.H.A.R.ECROQUETTE.PAGANE.G.N.H.U.Y...IPOLITE.AMARETTOT.O.E.S.A.U.R.RELDERSTATESMAN.D.Y...A.I...D.G.STAINLESSSTEELI.E.N.A.M.L.S.ODISGORGE.SUPERBL...R.M.S.M.C.UIMBED.ILLIBERALN.U.E.T.O.E.E.EGASTROENTERITIS----------------.-.-.-.-.-.-.----------.------.-.-.-.-.-...-------.---------.-.-.-.-.-.-.---------------.-.-...-.-...-.-.---------------.-.-.-.-.-.-.---------.-------...-.-.-.-.-.------.----------.-.-.-.-.-.-.----------------Team Cryptics Round 4 Puzzle #4Mel Hochster, Amy Goetze, Eloise Hamann, Michael Hochster© 2000They pen themselves in (15)Approved a small volume editor takes in record time (8)E.g., told story about cave-men (11)More candid and duller (7)Under this, first of all, one attempts total honesty (4)Painful condition hurts Mamie badly (10)Writing material on usury: Papacy held it back (7)Therefore, finish off this bit of work (3)I can make Spanish address one higher (6)Flirt with redhead, landing one in the frying pan (9)Dragon's heart eaten by god of heathens (5)Mannerly mystery man carries drunk inside (6)Spirit created by a mother animal's return (8)Exchange concealed proprietary knowledge (5,6)Projection of short station delay after time is misread (10)Long-term official asserted mental instability (5,9)Drops cast needed in estimate -- nearly kept fifty (8)It's hard to spot this alloy (9,5)Working sequentially (2,5)At first several walk awkwardly to get the rest (7)Said lingerie may conceal frivolous activity (6)Bring up wolf after Caesar returns (8)Smashing U-boat keeps agent back (6)Badly lost in space (4)Bury with arms and legs but no head (5)One may be transported by this kiss, it's said (3)Bigoted, ideological extremes in preamble to bill are misguided (9)Vomiting is caused by this setter, as rioting erupts (6-9)SOLUTION Across 1. autobiographers (cryptic definition) 9. c(r)oquette 10. p(ag)an 11. Po(lit)e 12. a ma retto 15. elder stateman (anag. asserted + mental) 17. stainless steel 21. dis gorge (Caesar = Sid Caesar) 22. su(per)b 24. imbed (limbed - l) 26. illiberal (il + anag. bill + are) 27. gastro-enteritis (anag. setter + as + rioting) Down 1. a cc(EP t.)ed 2. troglodytes (anag. eg+told+story) 3. blunter 4. oath (acrostic; &lit) 5. rheumatism (anag. hurts+Mamie) 6. papyrus (hidden backwards) 7. erg (ergo-o) 8. sen(i)or 13. trade secret 14. sta. lag mite 16. g(lob)u(L)es (estimate nearly = guess - s) 18. in order 19. s + lumber 20. idling (hidden) 23. slot (anag. lost) 25. bus (homophone of buss) http://www.bigmultimedia.com/tcccc/