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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 21 Oct 2011
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Across
1. Brave? The opposite - and looks it! (4-4)
5. Meet when Prince holds string of pearls (6)
9. Persevere once unit disbands (8)
10. Child, I repeat, it's rather fussy and pretentious (6)
11. No short memorandum, and the singer must hold on to it (4,4)
12. Public spirited place (6)
14. Why be scared to look as this paper is apparently blank? (5,5)
18. Vulgar light? You can't put me off it (6,4)
22. Crooked, caught out, fleeced (6)
23. Perhaps a pen-mother can bring more power to Egypt (5,3)
24. A kind of lemon tonic mixture is about right (6)
25. Stumble at length on 'Autumn' section of stage scenery (4,4)
26. Knock back and get plastered? (6)
27. A box of ptty refreshment (3,5)
Down
1. Peremptory advice to choose the French preserve (6)
2. Ruling over the seamy side? (6)
3. Give the word to pass by a quaker (6)
4. Northern youth on rampage; call round local government HQ (6,4)
6. Practise what to say about a late carrier (8)
7. Gathered duck peer about (8)
8. Inflame with a fresh match (8)
13. That petrified look when a viewer seems not to recognise one (5,5)
15. Did the farmer win it for harvesting under an oak tree? (8)
16. First personal statement that one carries goods, made abroad (8)
17. Now, now, I beg you to attend (4,4)
19. Peculiar cigar left - because it has a pungent smell? (6)
20. Went ahead after a day's date got muddled (6)
21. Timothy shown up to be bashful about where he does forgery (6)