Complete Clue List
Across
1. Japan's sacred mountain
3. Highlands in Missouri stretching southwest into Arkansas
8. Sturdy coffee cup or unflattering photo shot
9. Salamander that reaches adulthood without undergoing metamorphosis. (X marks the spot)
10. Boggy land or a ("M*A*S*H" tent)
11. Fertile desert spot Or a British rock group that based its sound on the Beatles
13. Divide the sum of the values in the set by their number, now shorten. (Oh, that is so MEAN)
14. Skinflint (almost earned a respectable title)
15. Cake topping (British) or hockey error (US)
17. West African country connected to Faso
19. Eggs (Proof that this author can write a concise clue - Oops)
20. What a criminal does to avoid detection (3,3) (author will do same after writing such bad clues)
21. Witty remark (and what the author hoped each clue would be)
Down
1. Simmering anger over toxic vapour is the same thing
2. South American big cats and British sports cars
4. Gardens with animals
5. What an Australian would call a hopping marsupial
6. Mr Marner is the Weaver of Raveloe
7. Chilean city (No, Santiago has 8 letters; this one has 10 and it's on the coast)
12. Smallest of the four major Japanese islands
14. Former oil company before merging (almost had a home in an Alabama coastal city)
16. A firm grip (unless you are picking up straws)
18. Cereal crop often associated with whiskey (not whisky)