¹ÜACROSS&DOWNZHq¯l"Í1.2ææÿææÿææÿBACKTOSQUAREONEA.A.O.U.N.I.B.LTESTCARDS.VSIGNW.E.C.F.P.I...IOGIVAL.TELETHONM.N.T.D.C.R.E.OALPHABETICALLY.N.O...R.F...E.W.AIRCONDITIONERB.N.O.I.C.C.O.AUPTOWNER.DEAFENS...G.R.T.F.T.GHINDI.CHAPARRALE.O.R.R.N.L.O.ESTROLLINGPLAYER----------------.-.-.-.-.-.-.----------.------.-.-.-.-.-...-------.---------.-.-.-.-.-.-.---------------.-.-...-.-...-.-.---------------.-.-.-.-.-.-.---------.-------...-.-.-.-.-.------.----------.-.-.-.-.-.-.----------------Team Cryptics Round 4 Puzzle #5Peter Biddlecombe, Bob Goddard, Brian Skinner© 2000Starting again, beginning at eight and travelling West (4,2,6,3)She helps officer provide a hit-and-miss solution (8)Inept casino confused the issue (4,2,5)To copy a brief thank-you means keyboard work (7)To go site-seeing takes half-hour in science fiction (4)General putting half of unit on medication (10)Nice surroundings, but I arrive dishevelled (7)Charm turns up in spaghetti Bolognese (3)A sea change brings on-line chaos (2,4)Evaluation pack of standard images (4,5)Have misgivings (not half!) about making this gesture? (1-4)Sinuously-shaped Valerie - I go back to her (6)Send back short note about hospital charity event (8)No hefty role at sea for ship-launcher (5,2,4)Uplifting Internet chatter about trendy colour - that's the latest thing (7,3)Almost orders characters like this (14)Person overheard - it's said he's involved in dispute (8)It's ironic, an editor slammed in cooler (3-11)Do we find her wearing, chaps? (7)A drop of the hard stuff? (7)Public transport carrying Henry, Kate and George, perhaps (6)Wren up to mischief - she comes from residential area (8)Deprive of sensation in lifeless, endless wetland (6)"Return Of The Bloodsucker" has a certain je ne sais quoi (4)Language used by French in distress (5)Neither partner finds way out of country (3)Man arrives at a low scrubland (9)Walkman? (9,6)SOLUTION Across 1. BACK TO SQUARE ONE (two definitions - beginning at eight, etc. refers to the crossword grid) 9. TEST+CARDS 10. V-SIGN (anag. (misgi)VINGS) 11. OGIVAL (VAL+(I+GO reversed)) 12. TELET(H)ON (reversed) 15. ALPHABETICALLY (cryptic definition - the letters in "almost" are ordered alphabetically) 17. AIR-CONDITIONER (anag.) 21. UPTOWNER (anag.) 22. DEA(d)+FEN 24. (frenc)HINDI(stress) 26. CHAP+ARR+A+L 27. STROLLING PLAYER (cryptic def.) Down 1. BAT+WOMAN 2. CASE IN POINT (anag.) 3. TO+CC+A+TA 4. S(UR)F 5. UN(it)+SPECIFIC 6. RIVIERA (anag.) 7. OBI (spaghett(I BO)lognese reversed) 8. EL NINO (anag.) 13. HELEN OF TROY (anag.) 14. DERNIER CRI ((IRC+RE+IN+RED) reversed) (Chambers: IRC=Internet Relay Chat) 16. WRANGLER (two definitions, hom. "herd") 18. COWGIRL (cryptic def.) 19. ICEFALL (cryptic def.) 20. BUS(H)ES 23. TANG (reversed) 25. NOR(way) http://www.bigmultimedia.com/tcccc/