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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 30 May 2007
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Across
1. Hold one's ground against force (6)
4. Accept a gratuity (4,1,3)
9. A vice-admiral and sailor in godly stature (6)
10. One trying to force a kitchen utensil (8)
12. Activity of persuading someone to buy (4)
13. Simply abort when you hear a drum beat! (5)
14. A wooden strip - part of a fence (4)
17. Unusual yeoman sermon concerning a prisoner's liberation (7,5)
20. A novice is OK but not recognised by authority (12)
23. Poetry written quietly at dawn (4)
24. Hymn of praise thanking a deity in ancient Greece (5)
25. Sort of wolves that are now no more! (4)
28. An experimental venue a chap found in a state? (8)
29. A small piece of cloth or paper (6)
30. Sweet courses must be served up, it's emphasised (8)
31. Acquit oneself in a certain manner (6)
Down
1. Ruses are designed to give confidence (8)
2. Putting off housing everyone in smart surroundings (8)
3. Prevent the escape of an animal (4)
5. Inconceivably large (12)
6. Dash from a tailless antelope (4)
7. Time old American emptied food container (3-3)
8. Explain structure of carbon at vast length (6)
11. A cheek a baker displays when you ask for a service (4,3,1,4)
15. Hunter, Hock, Wood (5)
16. Becomes excited, reading back part of letter (5)
18. Reward a bit-player wih more money (8)
19. Take part in a trial (8)
21. A day's racing in France (2,4)
22. Empty talk wafted over the burning sands (3-3)
26. The Red planet (4)
27. A friend from the opposing team (4)