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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 27 Aug 2007
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Across
1. Second American wage increase for cook (6)
4. Leave behind unfashionable sportswear (8)
9. Much creation to cry out (6)
10. A somewhat odd osier made into an alternative entrance (4-4)
12. Wading bird, sacred to the Egyptians (4)
13. Rustic couple over fifty (5)
14. Fellow confronbts anger and passion (4)
17. Any plant of the genus Alocasia (9-3)
20. Where ambiguous amputees sag, I refer them to the 3rd SUnday before Lent (12)
23. Usually, unlawful acquisitions (4)
24. Virile and sexually active studs? (2-3)
25. Front of refurbished caf? (4)
28. Suddenly and unexpectedly - caught out! (8)
29. Severe food shortage (6)
30. Still time - fish when it's dark? (8)
31. Aphrodite's boy (6)
Down
1. Basket of fish I catch (8)
2. IRA turned ship into a large passenger craft (8)
3. Rebuke friends turning up (4)
5. Its world leadership quality is unattested, odd though it may seem (6,6)
6. Appear to exist (4)
7. Fleece that is used by an apprentice (6)
8. Stout guy employed as a caretaker (6)
11. Further along winding road, you'll see bats (5,3,4)
15. The bewildered chef I put in charge of the cuisine (5)
16. A emulsion of synthetic rubber (5)
18. Give life to ... (8)
19. Lackadaisical king troubled about tax (8)
21. Make certain as certain can be (6)
22. Put outside a stately home (6)
26. The noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine) (4)
27. Oddly enough, read a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy (4)