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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 14 Aug 2008
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Across
1. Second American wage increase to cook (6)
4. Has something to say about union laws (8)
9. Councillor puts a tax on clothing item (6)
10. Lighthearted (8)
12. A bucket in France (4)
13. Constellation of star intelligence (5)
14. 'Unimaginable as ____ in Heav'n' : Milton (4)
17. Give a startling performance imitating David Blaine (3,4,5)
20. A novice is OK but not recognised by authority (12)
23. Edible tubers of a S. American wood sorrel (4)
24. Raise trivial or frivolous objections (5)
25. Lavishly entertain stars, so to speak (4)
28. Mainly a dictator's problem (8)
29. Native of the sea? (6)
30. First phase of the Stone Age (8)
31. Secret place in which to take a break (6)
Down
1. Display excessive cordiality toward someone else (4,4)
2. Piecemeal? (1,2,5)
3. ____ Smith, 1972 Wimbledon men's winner (4)
5. A CFC partisan, I promote peace across the sea (12)
6. Deuce taker (4)
7. A burnt, twisted headdress (6)
8. Appeared to look at the sea briefly (6)
11. Speed check (12)
15. Some of the wool is left to make yarn (5)
16. Numbers of Romans about the city (5)
18. Headquarters' file shows where to find a serving man (8)
19. Many always set about little beasts (8)
21. Ginger ____ (6)
22. Personal assistant to a deity in the temple (6)
26. Thin lead stripping used to hold together stained-glass windows (4)
27. Fraud starts in financial agency, ends in Stock Exchange (4)