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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 08 May 2006
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Across
1. Rows about returning Civil Service film awards (6)
4. Merman taking colour of Saxon king (8)
9. See difficulty about a friend turning round to pass (6)
10. Place equipped for stock dispatch (8)
12. (Literary) Expresses the means used (4)
13. But such old jokes are never barbed (5)
14. Spirit used in an experiment (4)
17. The dolorous Cree who blushed, apparently (4,8)
20. A half-shy idol found during days partly free (4,8)
23. Deteriorate due to water (4)
24. Understood one is involved in diplomacy (5)
25. Exuberant quality of the Queen when indulging in exercise (4)
28. This salty pup soon becomes a furred Aussie aquatic monotreme (8)
29. Dish that is made from maize (6)
30. A small speculation when in an excited state (8)
31. Bachelor is in the money, upwardly mobile, flourishing (6)
Down
1. Ornamental work, such as embroidery or latticework, having a pattern of openings (8)
2. Whip - it's doubtfully accepted by the hunt (8)
3. Reflecting optimism (4)
5. Watch Lucretius sob when so infected (12)
6. Some of the most deft swimmers are salamanders (4)
7. Start again, and write back about love first (6)
8. Re-dial correctly, or go off the line (6)
11. All at once fur flew when summons to the wild is issued (4,2,6)
15. Renown or splendour of reputation (5)
16. Eccentric plier of adventure undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury (5)
18. Terminal defeat (8)
19. No unit of heat is first found on the map (8)
21. Appalled, getting half cut on Greek brandy (6)
22. Attack verbally, in speech or writing (6)
26. Hindu cultivator of the soil (4)
27. Speaking. Lose Al to get action (4)