ACROSS&DOWNH*ϏL 1.2rwl Prize Cros(.AUTOCRAT.SPASM.T...L.N.C.I.A.FIZZ.A.N.A.NILE.S.EDUCATION.L.USER.S...R.EDIT.U.OVERCROWD.E.YEA.E..A..I.ASH..CONNECTICUT..TAT.O..T..K.EAR.V.EMPTINESS.S.TERM.E...X.ARCH.R.PARENTING.R.DALI.C.E.L.OVID.G.R.H.A.E...B.SEWER.PRESERVE..--------.-----.-...-.-.-.-.-.----.-.-.-.----.-.---------.-.----.-...-.----.-.---------.-.---.-..-..-.---..-----------..---.-..-..-.---.-.---------.-.----.-...-.----.-.---------.-.----.-.-.-.----.-.-.-.-.-...-.-----.--------.Cherwell Prize Crossword 30 January 1997Owen Massey OSPLCar and cart confused despot (8)A rag in question (2,5)Section of what sound like scratches (6)She comes up all the same (4)Father's into whips and chains, a violent action (5)Stuck to the wall or held to the floor (6)The outbursts one hears are hers (7)In Egypt, to raise a topic in company (5)Sparkle with wit (4)Nothing and nobody (4)Divert the line of river (4)Cautioned about teaching (9)Ruse to get round employer (4)Change the movement of the tide (4)Good place for sniper for fill? (9)Poison with spite (5)Prickly plants caught some of the action (5)Eastenders' David gets on most people's (5)A vote for part of the year (3)Perform part of play (3)What's left when you burn the tree (3)Consumed and digested tea (3)Mend a split state (11)Worthless even when recycled (3)Mean to declare how old you are (7)In fear of wheat head (3)Attribute to a copyist (7)Space left by dry loch (9)Prime arrangement of eastern realm (6)Sit on the fish (5)Banishes to former French islands (6)Pudding's in the past (4)A word like Trinity (4)The bishop can be this without being bent (4)Bringing up the kids - Dad's paying for it (9)Close to the kerbside (4)Surrealist melted dial (4)Roman poet came from void (4)Gutter seamstress (5)Quietly reverse out of the jam (8)