Clues across |
9 | Smell of a city (Italian) (5) |
10 | Lion, perhaps, has her in east tied to a wheel? (9) |
11 | Because the Parisian’s inside, we have quiet (7) |
12 | Pasta dish found in dip in country road (7) |
13 | Snap quickly into meal (9) |
14 | How trapeze artistes show recklessness for band accompanying their act? (5) |
15 | He’s not yet the boss except for a moment, perhaps (6-2-7) |
19 | Space encountered by insect (5) |
21 | Friends retreat, glad to be so carefree (4-5) |
24 | Prickly shrub, having caught first and last characters, is to be put in fire-basket (7) |
25 | Fasteners for clothes wrapped round broken leg (7) |
27 | Less onerous period of time taken to go a great distance (5-4) |
28 | I’ve pulled out of nose-dive pride, it’s said (5) |
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Clues down |
1 | Broken wells found in gap between mountain peaks (4) |
2 | 1 down with story for dog (6) |
3 | Little chap chap with Ulster family (8) |
4 | Rash to provide city with winding labyrinth (6) |
5 | Going in for the Olympics? It’s hell, mostly, exercising in upper room (8) |
6 | Something to learn wear fewer clothes (6) |
7 | State airline has first-class return (8) |
8 | Played ‘Tree’ badly over and over again (10) |
13 | Black stable (not first of choices) is turned out for a game (10) |
16 | Eccentric tiresome person, we’re told, provides series of operations designed to achieve objective (8) |
17 | Damaged tender is slotted into place (8) |
18 | Want some wood? Here’s a pig surrounded by a lot (8) |
20 | Want a drink? Forget the soda at first my age is showing! (6) |
22 | Players, or cast, maybe (6) |
23 | Put a gloss on foreign language (6) |
26 | Team dies when in trouble (4) |
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