vÕACROSS&DOWNrHL3ž3øX„1.2d ðËy ËyF.BARBIE.BRAID....R.L.M.O.N.E.ATASMANIAN.DEVILI.E.M.G.E.R.O.ICANBERRA.POETICK.I...A...M.E.ELOCKNUT.KEEPERSI...O.EGO.D...PSHAFTED.SCARIERH.N.O...C...M.ISATIRE.WINGSPANP.O.I.S.U.R.R.GOUNCE.HUSKINESST.Y.T.O.K.L.S....MAYBE.OWLISH..------.-----....-.-.-.-.-.-.----------.------.-.-.-.-.-.-.---------.-------.-...-...-.-.--------.--------...-.---.-...--------.--------.-.-...-...-.-------.---------.-.-.-.-.-.-.------.----------.-.-.-.-.-.-....-----.------.Team Cryptic Crossword Competition Puzzle #6 Amy Goetze (US), Eloise Hamann (US), Michael Hochster (US), Mel Hochster (US) © 2000 The Puzzle Cabal (Explanations in Notepad)Kind of insult that is set up for a roast (6)Toxin obtained from coarse nicotine (7)Pin on top of beautiful, decorative fabric (5)Chided after empty Russian plane left the country (9)Sounded like a jackass relating hairy entanglement (5)Vitamin is a source of contention (4)African dromedary carries Ethiopian princess (9)Ardent supporter strangely vetoed last part of statute (7)With leader absent, ill will erupts in town (5,7)Deviant animals mutated to this creature (9,5)Pickle that may be source of laughter (8,4)See 9 AcrossCapital can support keeping Emergency Room (8)Rewrite epic to be lyrical (6)Hair fetishist's fastener? (4,3)"No to sobriety!" -- a cry going to produce unfortunate reputation (9)Zoo custodians hear significant animal noises (7)Mountain gorilla captivated Scientific American (9)I am therefore without a shred of remorse (3)Treated badly, lost skin covering back (7)Not many cooked? Just the opposite (7)Carrie's telekinesis is more frightening (7)I stand in at queen's inauguration... wow! (7)Father devours the last half of that piece with a bite (6)Spread of flying creatures spawning out of control (8)Question number one (5)Carrying nothing, she's the one on foot (4)Cat, or what it does having lost its head (5)Large size colour film within two seconds (9)A month to live, perhaps (5)Like a nocturnal creature at first -- one whose love is swooping, hunting (6)Across 1. BARB+I.E. 5. BRAID (homophone of "brayed") 9., 10. TASMANIAN DEVIL (anag. "Deviant animals") 11. CAN+B(ER)RA 12. POETIC (anag. "epic to") 13. LOCK NUT (punning double def.) 15. KEEPERS (homophone of "key purrs") 16. E[R]GO (subtraction) 17. SH(AFT)ED 19. SCARIER (anag. "Carrie's") 21. S(AT)IRE 22. WINGSPAN (anag. "spawning") 25. [P]OUNCE (subtraction) 26. HU(SKIN)E+S+S 27. MAY+BE 28. OWLISH (acrostic -- 1st letters, last 6 words) Down ARSENIC (hidden) B+LAME E+MIG+RATED B ONE ("Vitamin" = B1) ANDROMEDA (hidden) DEVOTE+E (DEVOTE = anag. "vetoed") [M]ALICE SPRINGS (subtraction) TICKLISH SPOT (double def.) NO+TO+[SOB]RIETY (subtraction) KO(SCI+US)KO ANTONYM (anag. "Not many") I+[E}MPRESS (I for E; "wow" = "impress" as verb) GRILL (double def.; "number one" = 1. across = barbie) SH(O)E