First things first. I'm stuck and need help. The clue for 17 across in the Times crossword in the November 19, 2005 Vancouver Sun is "Employment for lime production, perhaps, or getting rid of ashes? (4,8)"
So far I have T_e_ S_r_e_ _ _
I'm thinking TREE something. The lower case letters are written "lightly", meaning I'm not 100% sure of them. Here's my reasoning, ash is a type of tree, so getting rid of ashes would be TREE [insert verb here]. Lime is a type of tree, so employment for lime production could be TREE [insert verb here]. The last word probably ends in ING. I don't know, the more I think of it the more wrong it seems.
Hey, did anybody watch The Secret Mulroney Tapes last night? It was really interesting, but it wasn't as damning as I expected. Mulroney actually came off looking fairly good. Don't think for a second he's the only prime minister with an inflated ego. You can hear in his voice that he really cared though. Although he does show signs of having an adulation complex. I'm not a huge fan of his, but to be fair the country's collective memory of him is too negative and doesn't give enough weight to his accomplishments.
Question: Did Peter C. Newman overstep his bounds by releasing those tapes?
