QĎACROSS&DOWNZHq¤Ů"81.2ćć˙ćć˙ćć˙FATHERCHRISTMASO.A.N.I.E.E.O.ARELEGATED.ALOOFE.E.L.Y.H.F...ANINJAS.REVOLVERS.T.N.P.R.O.E.IINSIDERTRADING.C.C...E.I...U.R.ROBINSONCRUSOET.U.T.C.G.O.D.PINTREPID.VOYEURS...M.E.A.S.M.ISUSHI.NIGHTLIFEU.U.S.C.E.E.L.VEBENEZERSCROOGE----------------.-.-.-.-.-.-.----------.------.-.-.-.-.-...-------.---------.-.-.-.-.-.-.---------------.-.-...-.-...-.-.---------------.-.-.-.-.-.-.---------.-------...-.-.-.-.-.------.----------.-.-.-.-.-.-.----------------Team Cryptics Round 4 Puzzle #6Doug Peterson, Tom Deneau, John Haba, Kurt StormŠ 2000Far around the church, its arms stirred a holiday presence (6,9)Debatable call when driving North on attack (8)Fast times with company cracked high-strung recruiter (6,5)Where Handel wrote short measure on organ (7)Analytical regression grips financial center of London (4)Buffalo herd, wandering in distraction (3,7)Performs skinning of a flopping fish on the table (7)Baselessly feeling low (3)Loud adult in dress on Indian journey (6)Consigned elegant, short, new dresses in red (9)Army lieutenant offers options for leaders in a distant state (5)Killers turn in Jason's lost fleece (6)Within rights to develop firearm (8)Trashy dime novel about American sex symbol who's not all there? (5,2,4)Seeing what's coming, Charlie's first one to board carriage (10)Wall Street cheating trend is raiding conglomerates (7,7)Agent always returns to Bear Island for a stay (8)Noted island naturalist organized curbs on erosion (8,6)I misread _Times_ article's final detail (7)List of members includes old chick's Dad (7)It uses unusually thin paper (6)Bold print die retooled (8)Vexed at first, you're upset he peeps in windows (6)Silver chloride at the last second turns grey (4)Jesus himself provides pieces of fresh fish (5)Hear Native American appeal (3)Excellent pornography & liquor brought back fun after dark (9)Sober geezer once lambasted a man who had his fill of spirits on Christmas Eve (8,7)SOLUTION Across 1. FA(THE)R CH+(RISTMAS) (ITS ARMS anag.) 9. R(ELEGA(n)T)ED 10. ALOOF (first letters) 11. (tur)N IN JAS(on's) 12. R(EVOLVE)R 15. INSIDER TRADING (TREND IS RAIDING anag.) 17. ROBINSON CRUSOE (CURBS ON EROSION anag.) 21. INTREPID (PRINT DIE anag.) 22. V + OYEUR (YOU'RE anag.) 24. (Je)SUS HI(mself) 26. NIG + HT LIF + E (all rev.) 27. EBENEZER SCROOGE (SOBER GEEZER ONCE anag.) Down 1. FORE + N + SIC 2. TA(LENTS + CO)UT 3. EN+GLAND 4. (anal)YTIC(al) (rev. hidden word) 5. RED H + ERRING (HERD anag.) 6. SE(A + FO)OD (all rev.) 7. MOO(d) 8. SA(F + A)RI 13. VEN(US) DE MILO (DIME NOVEL anag.) 14. PRES(CI)ENCE 16. REP + RE(I)VE (reversal of EVER) 18. I + TEMIS (TIMES anag.) + E 19. RO(O)STER 20. TISSUE (IT USES anag.) 23. AG + E + S 25. SUE (SIOUX homophone) http://www.bigmultimedia.com/tcccc/