Answers to last issue's JM Cryptic Crossword 
 
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1.  Clue  : We yearn to be involved in this annual event. (3-4) 
    Answer: New Year 
    Logic : Anagram of "we yearn". The "New Year" in an annual event. 
	     
6.  Clue  : Steal before an endless 8 ac. to get a bird. (5) 
    Answer: Robin 
    Logic : "Steal" is rob. Put before "in" which is "inn" (solution of 
	    8 ac.) without an end, we get "robin" which is a bird. 
            
8.  Clue  : Our navy with a direction reaches a hotel. (3) 
    Answer: Inn 
    Logic : Our navy is "IN" (Indian Navy), with a direction "N" (north) 
            makes "inn" which is a hotel. 
	     
9.  Clue  : A refreshing drink from mammalian teats ? (3) 
    Answer: Tea 
    Logic : "Tea" is a refreshing drink. It is contained in "teats". 
            
10. Clue  : Will without direction makes one sick. (3) 
    Answer: Ill. 
    Logic : "Will" without "W" (west) is "ill" which means "sick". 
	     
12. Clue  : A short day. Yet he rested. (3) 
    Answer: Sat 
    Logic : "Sat" is the short form of "Saturday". It means "rested". 
            
13. Clue  : The first lady followed by a nut without a kernal is quite a  
            happening. (5) 
    Answer: Event 
    Logic : "Eve" is the first lady. A "nut without a kernal" is "nt". 
            An "event" is "a happening". 
	     
14. Clue  : Erratically appends but it suddenly broke. (7) 
    Answer: Snapped 
    Logic : "Sanpped" is an anagram of "appends" meaning "suddenly 
            broke" 
            
	     
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2.  Clue  : Make a living by working near. (4) 
    Answer: Earn 
    Logic : "Earn" is an anagram of "near" meaning to "make a living". 
            
3.  Clue  : A relative may be a confused nut. (4) 
    Answer: Aunt 
    Logic : An "aunt" is "a relative". "A" confused nut, "unt", forms 
            "aunt". 
	     
4.  Clue  : Cycling in grain until it is pouring. (7) 
    Answer: Raining 
    Logic : "Raining" is obtained by "cycling" the letters of "in 
            grain". "Pouring" is a synonym of "raining". 
            
5.  Clue  : He may be growing 9 ac. 
    Answer: Planter 
    Logic : Obvious 
            
7.  Clue  : Describing Benazir in a word. (8) 
    Answer: Brave 
    Logic : Obvious. 
	     
11. Clue  : A meandering lane could become thin. (4) 
    Answer: Lean 
    Logic : "Lean" is an anagram of "lane" which means "thin". 
	     
12. Clue  : Seeing a pigs dwelling before the begining of the evening 
            results in an eye infection. (4) 
    Answer: Stye 
    Logic : "Sty", "a pigs dwelling" before "e", "the begining of 
            evening" makes "stye" which is "an eye infection".