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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 05 Nov 2008
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Across
1. It would seem to be a soft fruit (6)
4. Partly in the kitchen, I'll ensure the fabric is revealed (8)
9. Heavenly sign outside a National Trust penthouse? (6)
10. Plague of huge significance, half caught (8)
12. An ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons (4)
13. Shadow cast out of Burma (5)
14. '____ Hearts and Coronets' - Alec Guinness film (4)
17. He can mix severe remembrances of wartime exploits (2-10)
20. 1679 enactment and an Alan Bennet play (1973) (6,6)
23. Groove with the revellers (4)
24. Steals back to seat (5)
25. Watery fluid of the blood resembling plasma, contains fibrinogen (4)
28. Patterns made by one's veins (8)
29. Fish around doctor's Arctic plain (6)
30. When tampered with, each test is revealed as a special type of case (3,5)
31. Hot, sauce-like melted cheee in which one dips bread (6)
Down
1. One like a typical MP, speaking without notes (2-6)
2. Aim to achieve perfection (8)
3. Wiles of the revolutionary tsar (4)
5. A common disorder with abnormally high blood pressure (12)
6. Knot done badly (4)
7. Still needing cover to protect a young mischief maker (6)
8. Make cryptic request in theatre wanting one character replaced by daughter (6)
11. Equally skilful with each hand, just as a box is matured (12)
15. Apply a remedy or provide a gift (5)
16. Edge tool used in the bathroom (5)
18. Spindled change characterized by brilliance or grandeur (8)
19. Daring action brought in unusual case settled after discussion (8)
21. Old World shrubs used for hedges (6)
22. It was just over a pound (6)
26. A hankering to join the Italian church? (4)
27. What the crook may get away with after a break-in (4)