Clues across |
1 | Scottish player to defeat queen . . . (5) |
4 | . . . . a Scot seen in estate with cow running round? (9) |
9 | Suppose I’m a soldier (American, born French) (7) |
10 | Rose awkwardly after finish to show approval (7) |
11 | Misshapen hat placed in cradle, rocked in church (9) |
13 | Everything dead in Mediterranean tree? (5) |
14 | Getting ready for holidays? You won’t need this crate! (7-4) |
16 | Antelope just born, we hear (3) |
18 | Wide spaces in German town (3) |
20 | Came in, holding can containing last of tea, and played host (11) |
22 | Animal hiding in wardrobe? A stallion, maybe (5) |
23 | Traveller returns to novel health resort to get broadsheet, perhaps (9) |
25 | Current’s hot, but not right (7) |
26 | Ghost, disturbed, reveals royal symbol (7) |
27 | Be aware of shelf for encyclopaedia, perhaps (9) |
28 | Fish, uncooked, served in outskirts of Thornhill (5) |
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Clues down |
1 | Fundamental truth: king’s son bites twisted lip . . (9) |
2 | . . . and cat’s lip is moulded into shape (7) |
3 | Knock down, we’re told, and build up (5) |
4 | Tell story about position of golf ball (3) |
5 | Fly in circles over burial mound then remove the remains in this? (11) |
6 | She was tied up, and Rome dared to hide her (9) |
7 | Gard’nin’? Maybe filling holes (7) |
8 | Magistrate concerned with first lady (5) |
12 | Hirg? (Pythagorean) (5-6) |
15 | It goes round lair before I state “Just the same” (9) |
17 | Protection for chassis is subject to secrecy (9) |
19 | Chase away, holding current carpet-cleaner (7) |
21 | Overturn a high-tension, high-pressure article producing fuel oil (7) |
22 | Graduate’s sports gear turning up dyed in this manner? (5) |
24 | Appeal over first of team to make crease (5) |
26 | Observe bishopric (3) |
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