cÖACROSS&DOWN(HéÜiqÓ 1.2 STUMPING.F.M.H.A.M.ARUBASAUCEPAN.N.R.N.R.R.YENTANEPOTISM.E.UA.E.UNPEELEDRECANTED.E.ER.T.ASCENDERALOOF.I.O.N.T.R.IMMERSEDOPALS.E.T.M.R.L.HENCHMAN--------.-.-.-.-.-.-------------.-.-.-.-.-.-------------.-.--.-.----------------.-.--.-.-------------.-.-.-.-.-.-------------.-.-.-.-.-.--------A pantheon of a puzzle Mike Develin and Joon Pahk © 2001Campaigning _for_ deforestation? (8)Article contains another article about _Macbeth_'s title (5)Large-scale shortcut? (5)Sprint, MCI quickly lose 100 marks due to pressure (8)Greek boy-toy can finally shag any old Middle Easterner (8)Diverted neatly, Nora initially gets into powered car (8)Disturbingly rude, Rama turns into plundering bandit (8)Not even Airbus brat reaches vacation spot (5)Served us canape on cookware (8)Concealment surely entails gossip (5)One among disgruntled postmen is keeping it in the family (8)Worked up a stool pigeon or tale-teller (8)Whirling copter got Capone in the chest (8)"Sun" faith cooking sea chicken (4,4)Small gym around one workforce is what's under investigation (8)Running around nude, Pele has skin still intact (8)On fire, Sen. Kennedy took back statement (8)Feature missing from a disjointed screen ad? (8)Oliver swatted hornet without effort (5)Injection is east and up, I believe (5)Trick one comes back cold (5)Caught up in fancy rides, Mrs. French? (8)Nothing can hit back like gems (5)Racketer Tim encircles chief crony (8)Solution Across 1. STUMPING (dbl def) 8. ARUBA (odd-numbered letters in "Airbus brat") 9. SAUCEPAN ("us canape" anag) 10. YENTA (hidden) 11. NEPOTISM (I in "postmen" anag) 15. UNPEELED ("nude Pele" anag) 16. RE + CAN + TED 17. ASCENDER ("screen ad" anag) 20. ALOOF ("fool a" rev) 21. I(MME)RSED ("rides" anag) 22. O + PALS (O + "slap" rev) 23. HEN(CH)MAN Down 2. TH(AN)E 3. MACRO (dbl def) 4. IMPRINTS ("MCI" + "Sprint" - "C" anag) 5. G + ANY + MEDE 6. FU(NN)ELED 7. MARAUDER ("rude Rama" anag) 11. NAR ("ran" rev) + RAT + OR 12. PECTOR ("copter" anag) + AL 13. TUNA FISH ("sun faith" anag) 14. S + PE + C + I + MEN 18. NORTH ("hornet" - E anag) 19. E + NEMA ("amen" rev)