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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 18 Jan 2007
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Across
7. A sweet, yellow, plum-like fruit, often distilled as a liqueur (9)
8. Known in the East as a 'queue' (5)
10. English potter (1730-1795) (8)
11. Authentic manuscript shows areas of interest (6)
12. Which Great Lake of N. America sounds rather weird? (4)
13. How sky-pilot may weaken the spirit (8)
15. Nothing but two cats making music (7)
17. Ring in a service valet - the rowing type (7)
20. Having rugged physical strength (8)
22. Coins, English - copper and shillings (4)
25. Promise of good behaviour from Dad taking part (6)
26. Arrogant type of vinegar (8)
27. Roman parent's half-hearted talk (5)
28. The gunman's demand for bills to be posted (9)
Down
1. Gets some food and departs about noon (5)
2. Resistance to fire warden (6)
3. Reminiscent of landlord's demand about unemployment (8)
4. Distensible membranous sac (7)
5. Sharply defined to the mind (3-5)
6. Gloomy about one's son's marching orders (9)
9. Therefore the giant went uphill (4)
14. A total span occurring immediately after birth (4,5)
16. Moor once dull, stirred in battle (8)
18. Obsessed with a particular idea, as monorail builder might be (3-5)
19. Thickhead with park figure outside the law (7)
21. Copies some primates (4)
23. Customary practices put us above geological periods (6)
24. A female sheep having a lie-in? (5)