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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 14 Jul 2006
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Across
7. Star orchestrating a real band (9)
8. Long, heavy knives with a single edge-of Phillipine origin (5)
10. Would the Pope risk these for his supper? (4-4)
11. Rabbit-like rodent in Central and S. America (6)
12. 'Run ____'; meet (4)
13. More mail received in redognition of meritorious service (8)
15. Way to raise the tone in a bar? (7)
17. Piece of bread the French break into bits (7)
20. Coffee-flavoured liqueur from the W, Indies, based on rum (3,5)
22. Embargo on old Scottish port (4)
25. A remedy for sickness (6)
26. Young man acting a servant on a ship, deserves a baby coin, maybe (5,3)
27. Small channels formed by soil erosion (5)
28. Ingle rebuilt in French holiday cottage - source of flare-up (9)
Down
1. High voices (5)
2. Tight, sleevless, collarless leather jacket worn by men in former times (6)
3. Singer from saloon, I note (8)
4. It's a must as backing for something fruity (7)
5. How, initially, ownership may be established (8)
6. Social 'tat' hanging below man's waist (9)
9. Sir's antithetical equal (4)
14. Presumably letters sent on for self-protection (5-4)
16. Nearly? Exactly the opposite (8)
18. Makes him breed like a parallelogram (8)
19. Proceeds to the border area (7)
21. Cut-price food (4)
23. A sunshade that's too big for one (6)
24. People who entertain large numbers (5)