Clues across |
1 | Member of royal bodyguard is cultured sort of chap with a smart restyling (9,2,4) |
9 | Agile doctor in middle of African river (6) |
10 | Putting off a Turkish ruler with broken cane (8) |
11 | Wrote poem again – went backwards! (8) |
12 | Give cry of pain when bright colour appears (6) |
13 | Most of coinage held by Officer Commanding Europe, initially – what a happening! (10) |
16 | Ward off a tie (4) |
17 | Novel taken from item Martha wrote (4) |
19 | Too many to count without anaesthetic? (10) |
22 | I? A snob? Looking back, one sees stunted growth (6) |
23 | Drives fast, providing evidence of overheating (8) |
26 | Fifty-one penguins (losing two leaders without tail), one making pasta! (8) |
27 | Fish swallows first of rainwater in ditch (6) |
28 | In adding “Write your name if I’m unable”, let your initials be without appreciable effect (15) |
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Clues down |
2 | Send abroad – to one-time French island? (5) |
3 | Dramatic situation occurs when gold is placed under board (7) |
4 | Strange odds (5) |
5 | Give up when a group’s at work (7) |
6 | Gas? Wipe eye clean with tissue, initially (9) |
7 | Answered the purpose, seeing lava die out (7) |
8 | These measure very low pressure when artist turns up covered in bacteria, losing energy (9) |
14 | Communist briefly sits on proposition, causing a riot (9) |
15 | Performance ends in riot, perhaps after omitting first of solos (9) |
18 | Fool, for instance, has super weapon (7) |
20 | Dog makes mother rigid (7) |
21 | Reading desk etc turning up in the French senior service (7) |
24 | Scotsman leaves eye specialist and is put to work behind bar (5) |
25 | Fifty submerged by river – which has already engulfed a hundred – do better (5) |
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