Crossword No 26 (fifth series)

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11            12              13           
                   
14                                       
               
15  16      17        18  19                20   
           
21      22    23      24            25  26       
                 
27              28      29                   
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31                    32                   
                 
33        34              35               
           
36      37    38          39        40  41      42 
               
43                    44                45   
                   
46            47              48           
                   


























Clues across
11Walk very quietly and draw round note at foot of page (6)
12American Indian chief’s car (7)
13Leader of lions surrounded by rubbish – three times as much! (6)
14The art of reducing to an extremely small size, turning out our imitation mini-cars (20)
15Bloody gyroscope loses range, then cracks up (4)
17Slain in a strange way – with these? (5)
19Surprisingly held Mini up to reveal plant (10)
21Discipline not fashionable for follower (8)
24Lose oar, unfortunately, in spray (7)
26Throw cats out (4)
27Bone’s collided with a vehicle, mate? (10)
29Re-arrest us in error – we hold the purse strings! (10)
30Are turning back time (3)
31User throwing acid and DDT around rug (4,6)
32Making invalid – lying-in with flu, perhaps (10)
33Responsibility?  We’ll pay the bill (4)
34The ends of the lines are changed in time, right? (7)
35Enormous pop group’s one-night stand before fantastic caper (8)
36Olympics in the air?  You’ve been found out! (3,5,2)
39Waist measurement, right?  Wrong! (5)
41On E(verest)? (4)
43Travelling by the fashionable branch-line without premeditation (2,3,4,2,3,6)
46Distressing experience?  Here’s an alternative – hand out the cards (6)
47Lot more silly musical style (7)
48Want the French to annoy? (6)
Clues down
1Girl in opera is very self-centred, we hear (4)
2Rough weather – or leader of monkeys in pigs’ home? (6)
3The old sign for gentlemen farmers (6)
4Shoot welcome sight on cold night? (4,4)
5She’s just the same, whichever way you look at her (4)
6Young girl, it’s said, is making sense of things – or getting the wrong idea? (16)
7Weak spot revealed when a slight cold is cut short by two Ecstasy tablets in broken shell! (8,4)
8Fasten cat upside-down in battered hat (6)
9Gear-wheel on wing tip (6)
10Something from Florida – an open tart (4)
14Chump’s drinking vessel (3)
16Peace offering emerges when Berlin havoc erupts (5,6)
18Red flower appearing in France during the Reign of Terror (7,9)
20Peace-keepers’ psychiatrist, given gin cocktail, is brave (11)
22Alters church, adding French angels (7)
23Enthusiastic approval when old archbishop is put in pit (7)
25The French trap for criminals shows no sign of disappearing (7)
26Unrestrained behaviour is to continue (5,2)
28Flower-decked way may prove to be a slippery slope! (8,4)
35State of being a young female – wearing this on her head? (8)
37Draw together – the rag needs changing (6)
38Greek character lies about breakfast food (6)
40Kind person on drug (6)
41Impede progress of picnic-basket (6)
42There’s no opening to shut in shed! (3)
43Giant spilled blood (4)
44Run when wild animal turns up (4)
45Northern French island in river (4)

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