äñACROSS&DOWNrHð3š3XÕ1.2Ëþÿÿ.EDIBLE.LIBRA....O.R.N.A.A.L.CNARROWEST.ROUGHA.O.I.R.E.R.M.RTUTELAGE.BIKINII.H...I...S.N.SOLYMPUS.OUTLASTN...L.ESP.E...IAPPLAUD.EARTHENL.A.C...R...U.EDRYDEN.TASMANIAE.D.M.S.G.U.G.NBRIBE.TROUSSEAUT.R.N.E.E.E.R....TOTEM.RADISH..------.-----....-.-.-.-.-.-.----------.------.-.-.-.-.-.-.---------.-------.-...-...-.-.--------.--------...-.---.-...--------.--------.-.-...-...-.-------.---------.-.-.-.-.-.-.------.----------.-.-.-.-.-.-....-----.------.Team Cryptics Contest #5 Puzzle #2 Brian Spollen (US), Ed Coulson (US), Jake Bergmann (US) © 2000 The Websters (explanations in Notepad)Roundabout request to split pickled eel that's suitable for dinner (6)Break down door with your visitor to Oz (7)British Petroleum dispute (5)Shocked ensemble leader with ascending note during concert (9)Sign reversed portion of star billing (5)Former candidates polled (4)Radical is forced into deal with legal representative (9)August moon crosses over bits of mica and corundum (7)Australian singer displays his uncertain quavering (9,3)Smallest-diameter bolt installed in tree house (9)Freely abandon title to government's financial obligations (8,4)Stormy channel discovered? (5)Instruction from Egyptian leader? The Spanish decline (8)Fail to complete triathlon event with one bathing costume (6)Half-finished meal precedes my look back at sacred mountain (7)Secure below mountain climbing station (9)Survive total U.S. devastation (7)Miserable poor agree with "La Boheme" spectator (9)Essential part of Cayce's power! (3)A couple of pints back up two-part cheer (7)I'd party wildly after hitting this? (3,4)Partially hear the noise coming from the ground (7)Yearns for Attila's army to overrun Germany (7)Sober study of author (6)Island man in first class sat back (8)Monday spent in thought (5)Stalk cut short (4)Cheese sandwiches: bishop's temptation (5)True philosopher that suits the bride (9)Tribal emblem starts to take on taboo, erotic meaning (5)Salad ingredient right next to a piece of china (6)ACROSS 1 E(DIB)LE (EEL anag., BID rev.) 5 LIBRA (reverse hidden) 9 N(ARROW)EST 10 (t)ROUGH 11 TUT + EL + AGE 12 BIKIN(g) + I 13 OLYMPUS (SUP(per) + MY + LO rev.) 15 OUTLAST (anag.) 16 ESP (hidden; ref Am. psychic Edgar Cayce) 17 A + PP + LAUD (DUAL rev.) 19 EARTHEN (hidden) 21 DRY + DEN 22 TAS(MAN)IA (A-1 SAT rev.) 25 BRI(B)E 26 T + ROUSSEAU 27 TOTEM (initial letters) 28 R + A + DISH DOWN 2 DORO + THY (DOOR anag.) 3 BR + OIL 4 E + NERGISED (DESIG(RE)N rev.) 5 (s)LATE 6 BAR(R + IS)TER 7 A + LU(MI)NA 8 CHRISTINE ANU (anag.) 9 NATIONAL DEBT (anag.) 14 PLA + CEMENT (ALP rev.) 15 OPERAGOER (anag.) 18 PAY DIRT (anag.) 20 HUN(GER)S 23 M + USED 24 STEM (two defs.)