Clues across |
1 | Nonsense murmured by actors (7) |
5 | Polished ship berthed in dilapidated lodge (7) |
9 | Having a nap until last letter is removed – then in action (5) |
10 | Matured – like a film? (9) |
11 | Tin can? Knock tin can over, losing first of vegetables (9) |
12 | Infidel hid in this buried city (5) |
13 | Woman – daily, maybe (5) |
15 | Orange bomb mostly re-designed to return to sender (9) |
17 | Seasonal gift from great geese, missing start of emigration (6,3) |
18 | Trap wild animal in church (5) |
20 | Sort of pencil used to confront disturbed crowd – a terrifying weapon! (1-4) |
22 | Someone carving chess pieces (craft found in Warwick?) (9) |
24 | Skill just seen in sale of handiwork (5,4) |
25 | Fiddle detected in scam at Inland Revenue (5) |
26 | Let Cath adjust shoelace (7) |
27 | Failure to start work with explosives is continuing (7) |
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Clues down |
1 | In favour of root and branch reform? Or just root? (7) |
2 | Noun I used mistakenly for ‘marriage’ (5) |
3 | Annoy a horse at rave, going wild (9) |
4 | Ran fake bad debts off to get overnight accommodation (3,3,9) |
5 | Controller’s standing on wrong leg near Queen’s representative (8-7) |
6 | Dirty, losing head, getting lubricated (5) |
7 | Putin’s pal turns out to be a petitioner (9) |
8 | Avoiding dog – note drink’s been consumed (7) |
14 | Incompatible woman’s offspring steps on insect (9) |
16 | Surround mariner’s guide, preceded by two of its points (9) |
17 | Cheat and lie, for the most part, in confusion. Such behaviour’s not this (7) |
19 | Woman’s ornament is a fish (7) |
21 | Creature from belfry seen over church belonging to this group? (5) |
23 | Uniform colour? (5) |
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