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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 12 May 2006
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Across
1. Hardly the role granted to a poor player (6)
4. Defector found in Filipino mountain country (8)
9. Personal assistant meets a fellow returning from South American republic (6)
10. Dramatic protest by a disaffected work-force (8)
12. Many belonged to Abraham's nephew (4)
13. Foremost avenue of trees (5)
14. Penny-dreadful featuring transvestite habits (4)
17. A female priest in the armed forces (12)
20. Elevated status never achieved by lying low (4,8)
23. Some leg of veal (4)
24. Ismaili leader elected once more (5)
25. Cause trouble in gaol (4)
28. Reasonable allowance needing a pound extra (8)
29. Yearning to be a successor to the Mings (6)
30. An energetic group out to make mischief (8)
31. Right man to lead the England selectors (6)
Down
1. Totally inadequate instruction to avoid over-optimism (8)
2. Minister a Conservative finds threatening (8)
3. Novel which upsets me to some degree (4)
5. Crack down on negligent punctuation (3,1,4,2,2)
6. Reputed to be a descendant of Mohammed's daughter (4)
7. Bird sanctuary by railway beneath a Roman road (6)
8. Empty an egg-whisk with energy (6)
11. A horseman drawn to Quatermain's inventor (5,7)
15. Courteous rendition of 101+6+50 (5)
16. Has New York the capacity to be circumspect? (5)
18. Uncompromising support for little Diana in the area (8)
19. Like fish jelly (4-4)
21. Cockchafer leaves viusible sign of damage on Jack (6)
22. Dentures on which food gets stuck (6)
26. A common error, whichever way one views it (4)
27. Ground mace is the crowning glory (4)