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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 14 Aug 2008
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Across
1. Pole on a Hebridean island (6)
4. Lock spring breaks, giving unlimited access (8)
9. Like a star going off-course, mostly, getting left behind (6)
10. Mental incapacity of mind virtually eaten away (8)
12. Essay about a famous literary dog (4)
13. Dora ____, comedy actress (5)
14. Leap over part of the fence (4)
17. Old military devices that could be seeing double (5,7)
20. Rub balsam into a beagle for US spectacular (8,4)
23. Lose velocity (4)
24. Open or forested country (5)
25. Thinly distributed (4)
28. Peg gets Elizabeth onto horse, one with an unpredictable nature (8)
29. Go back on a promise not to follow suit (6)
30. Avoids degrading particulars? (8)
31. Wealthy class of frequent flyers (3,3)
Down
1. Extremely bright planet moving back to front needs examination (8)
2. Pangolin, a worker-consumer (8)
3. Tart top person left on the side (4)
5. I am an ex-rebel, which means you can test me again and again (2-10)
6. One of the outstanding players in tournament (4)
7. A miss, we hear, into sin (6)
8. Didn't go the way agreed (6)
11. PC re-entering Royal Family - the son of a sovereign (6,6)
15. Wrong plate taken, and that's a bit of a bloomer! (5)
16. Cries? Yes, being about fifty pounds short! (5)
18. Festive meals on striped cotton cloths (4,4)
19. Dwellings for old boys in principle (8)
21. ____ Gate of Babylon, structure restored at Berlin's Pergamon Museum (6)
22. Tugboats of high-standing (6)
26. Rogue loses head - found in church (4)
27. Pug-nosed dog (4)