Rusty the Junk - 2003 Crossword

Flavours
by Nick and Pip

The theme for this years Christmas crossword is flavourings. The answers to clues marked # are flavourings and have no other definition in the clue.

Across

1		Searching in soot helps to calm. (6)
4		#South and North say, the church follows everywhere. (7)
9		Saint holding bar, turn up for Royalty. (6)
10		An exploded meteor is tiresome. (8)
12		Strange but underdone. (4)
13		Kindness befuddled a net mender. (10)
14		# Ample confusion. (5)
16		Jason's boat has lost initial cargo. (4)
17/18/19		Setters grown from 20 across with cut, say. (3,3,3)
20		Perceive bad end for fruit. (4)
21		Also included it tomorrow. (5)
24		# Lone Ranger's horse spent a penny. (10)
26		# Crooked mile. (4)
28		Suitable case for treatemtn, e.g. billie. (8)
29		# Feel round Nasty Nick initially. (6)
30		Hay hoe sounds boring. (5-2)
31		# Bad depression. (6)

Down

1		Ringed giant rested on Greek vase. (6)
2		Bad tempered ancient left with sashed gumdrop. (3, 5)
3		# Ed leaves her bed. (4)
5		# Some people I call Elmer initially. (5)
6		# Peeper gets smart. (9)
7		# Tangled velcro. (6)
8		Hippy thrashed 19 across. (7)
11		Zombie in urn dear Dr. has no rights. (6)
15		Quietly disappearing hair comes first. (9)
16		Muddled sum before guided to solution. (6)
17		# Scrabble players. (7)
19		Hypothetical consultation is unreliable after cuts have been removed. (8)
22		Sounds like a fishy location. (6)
23		Colour causes shout of pain. (6)
25		Bad loser in the valleys. (5)
27		Point to fat creamed cheese. (4)

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