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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 14 Sep 2006
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Across
1. Change the inherent purpose or function of something one utilises (6)
4. Suppression of parts of words (8)
9. The main sandwich filling in the North-east (6)
10. Domestic security - it's the last thing voyagers want to get! (4,4)
12. Leaves kind of leader in wood (4)
13. Leader of band leaning on broken rake is the one who makes the bread (5)
14. Carry a gun, perhaps; that's a shorter version of pari-mutuel (4)
17. Political sitcom in which people are deeply involved (3,5,2,2)
20. Weigh more heavily, surpassing in importance (12)
23. A spirited, graceful and intelligent riding horse native to the Middle East (4)
24. Replacement coin used in games or gambling (5)
25. Number we turn to look at (4)
28. Final stages of an extended process of negotiation (3,5)
29. He treats skin and hides a silver sixpence (6)
30. Sea containing a grass so strange (8)
31. Idiot with alien's property (6)
Down
1. Wrongly report the winner of an art gallery beauty contest! (8)
2. Saline liquid (3-5)
3. A fraudulent business scheme (4)
5. Do jet loonies perform contortions as a circus act? (5-7)
6. Holly recalls one Roman law (4)
7. Kept animals outside - dogs? (6)
8. A joint stake (6)
11. The serial execution of computer programmes (5,7)
15. Fish which gave warning of Noah's approach (5)
16. Paper which contains a variety of items (5)
18. Tolerant perseverance indeed for this card game (8)
19. Kent gets prizes - for looking this way? (8)
21. Rex is positive they're a wild lot socially (6)
22. Newfoundland town and international airport (6)
26. Molten rock (4)
27. Way to strangely sway infectios tropical disease (4)