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.. is even more cryptic than usual - the clues and grid are mismatched. Anyone have a link to a fixed version?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/puzzles-and-crosswords/cryptic-crossword/

Hope this works...

Sadly this link won't work. The online cryptic is different from the print one...

The black squares on the 15X15 grid are:
1,3,5,7,8,9,11,13,15
11
1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15
9
1,2,3,5,7,9,10,11,13,15
5
1,3,4,5,7,9,11,13,15
1,8,15
1,3,5,7,9,11,12,13,15
11
1,3,5,6,7,9,11,13,14,15
7
1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15
5
1,3,5,7,8,9,11,13,15

Did you figure that out from the word lengths (I think that's called a "diagramless")? Tremendous. Thanks!

Once we solved the first down and across (1D and 7A) we put them on the grid. Then we filled in obvious black squares and worked on the corresponding symmetrical clues at the bottom - and worked in from the corners. It took a while, but was fun!