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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 15 Jun 2006
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Across
7. Plant lasting for three seasons or more (9)
8. A fop so ready to make a parody of somebody's style (5)
10. Pin for holding woman's hair in place (8)
11. A unique article, but like 99 out of 100 (3-3)
12. Pass a fizzy drink (4)
13. Re-examine an arm gland when patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions (5,3)
15. Brew for Basil and Rosemary, perhaps (4,3)
17. Small dipterous fly - females can transmit fever (4,3)
20. Team sink badly, being wide of the mark (8)
22. Leavened bread served in Delhi (4)
25. Hold up means I'm deep in trouble (6)
26. Understood about the change of grade (8)
27. Relatively speaking, someone we may not wish to acknowledge (2-3)
28. When disturbed, catamites grind their teeth (9)
Down
1. A male who is virile and sexually attractive (2-3)
2. Eccentric character has party on dam (6)
3. Tie it in a mixed loop to start it off (8)
4. Nag more suited to Napoleon in battle (7)
5. Spindled change characterized by brilliance or grandeur (8)
6. A golf slob rapidly becomes addicted to narcotics (9)
9. What you've been practising since a year back? (4)
14. A mild event that nevertheless causes discomfort or annoyance in others (9)
16. Where street gutters are laid incidentally (2,3,3)
18. Supply with notes (8)
19. Puzzle poor man outside Indian city (7)
21. VAT costs winter sportsman 20% up front (4)
23. It represents any GCE revision (6)
24. In Scotland by the end of the month (5)