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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 16 Jul 2006
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Across
1. A possibility due to a favourable combination of circumstances (6)
4. Sharp hand implements used by climbers (3,5)
9. A prominent supporter (6)
10. Boss and speed controller (8)
12. The man from Gondwanaland (4)
13. Safe Tsar! (5)
14. Bring down the house (4)
17. Inflammation of the brain possibly resulting in lip hesitance (12)
20. Create top rot somehow, in a weak state controlled by another (12)
23. Be inclined to reject the fat (4)
24. Worked as fast as possible towards a goal, sometimes in competition with others (5)
25. To facilitate it, enunciate the letters (4)
28. Generate rebellion in the adolescent (8)
29. Native to or inhabiting the main (6)
30. Do without and give to others (8)
31. Don't strike again but slack (6)
Down
1. Small confections baked in muffin tins (8)
2. A get-together everybody finds a nice change (8)
3. Clothed many a youngster (4)
5. A hectic shovel maybe, used to fasten a line temporarily to a spar (5-7)
6. Please take the South-East, I implore you! (4)
7. Persuasive talker's against this fellow (6)
8. An ice containing milk (6)
11. Where a player, even in a pleasant year, can get into trouble on the pitch (12)
15. Frugal standard in the Home Counties (5)
16. 5-0 in a hole, that's the turning point (5)
18. Composer revealing the heathen in one (8)
19. Many always set about little beasts (8)
21. Happy? Then drink up and make hay (6)
22. Rex is positive they're a wild lot socially (6)
26. Cleanse one's body with soap and water (4)
27. Open mouth wide for fruit? Not right (4)