ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

Puzzle No. 4

ACROSS

1. Banshee - anagram

5. Tamps - m (=meter) in taps

8. Races - double meaning

9. Rambler - amble in R.R. (=rural route in addresses)

10. Overtake - overt + (f)ake

11. Toad - tod (reversal of dot) around a

13. Ending - E,N (=east,north) + din + g(rating)

15. Swamps - swaps around M (=1000)

18. Coat - anagram

19. Budapest - anagram

22. Cricket - crick (=dialect form of creek) + E.T. (=extraterrestrial)

23. Inner - (Certa)in ner(ves)

24. Eased - E (=east) + as + (marin)e + d (=died in genealogies)

25. Magnets - anagram

DOWN

1. Bar None - barn + (m)one(y)

2. Niche - nice around (Marc)h

3. Hesitant - anagram

4. Eureka - sounds like you reek-a

5. Time - sounds like thyme

6. Malcolm - macolm (anagram) around L (=large)

7. Shred - she'd (=she had) around r(etreating)

12. Swearing - swing around ear

14. Diaries - DI (=501) + Aries (=a sign in the zodiac)

16. Satires - sires around a(rgumen)t

17. Custom - (Cir)cus tom(ahawk)

18. Cache - CA (=California in zip codes) + c (=copyright) + he

20. Ernie - N (=nitrogen) in Erie

21. Skid - S (=small) + kid