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3D Cryptic Calendar Puzzle 2010

February 2010 with clues set by Rufus

This puzzle notes the 100th anniversary of a birth.

Clues are set so that solutions appear in alphabetical order
Direction & Clue
Feb 1st / 10ac five letters
Straggly beard of fighter ace
Feb 2nd / 10aw,14ac,7ac,9d-2,15ac
10 away comma 14 across comma 7 across comma 9 down hyphen 2 comma 15 across snake
(7,2,5,1’5)
Chocolate biscuits for breakfast? Question mark
Feb 3rd / 1ac five letters
At sea, a deck may be encrusted by salt, perhaps
sea is spelt s-e-a
4 / 15aw five letters
Stony-faced man
5 / 15ac-3,16aw
15 across hyphen 3 comma 16 aw snake
seven letters
Clothing strike
6 / 15ac five letters
It just goes to show how time passes
7 / 1aw five letters
Small house in Greek isle provides fish
8 / 1d five letters
Sort of equation making youngster heartily sick? Question mark
9 / 3aw five letters
Hamlet, say, gives assent
Assent is spelt a-s-s-e-n-t
10 / 11aw five letters
Cavities that may be filled in France
11 / 3d five letters
He is finally snookered in return
12 / 19ac five letters
They burn sacks
sacks is spelt s-a-c-k-s
13 / 4d five letters
Noah goes round one capital
14 / 4ac,6d
4 across comma 6 down snake
nine letters
Run, say, to beat the storm
15 / 18ac five letters
Initially it may be uphill, even steep
16 / 17aw five letters
Provides food and lodging in castles
17 / 2d five letters
One child has a party, an address for another required
18 / 2aw five letters
Wine and cassis five love to imbibe in Russian city
19 / 13ac five letters
Martial arts expert of feudal times seen in action in Japan
20 / 9d five letters
Cash registers
21 / 5d (1,3,1)
Initially rock band plays in a different style
22 / 12aw five letters
Respond to plea to return to the stage
23 / 7ac five letters
Odd number observed to be divided by five
Five f-i-v-e
24 / 7d,19ac nine letters
7 down comma 19 across snake
Mince pies first taken up by the few? Question mark
25 / 8d five letters
It is abandoned by caller for face-saving purposes