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Cryptic 15x15 Standard Crossword - Compiled By John Mann
Date: 05 Mar 2007
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Across
1. Hold one's ground against force (6)
4. Barges - Walpole's capital 'Rogue' (8)
9. A vice-admiral and sailor of godly stature (6)
10. Go off and become a cynic, perhaps (4,4)
12. Herring-like food fish that migrate from the sea to freshwater to spawn (4)
13. Virile and sexually active studs (2-3)
14. Strip the skin of apples, and other fruit? (4)
17. 'What can be done?' he asked, pompously (12)
20. In confidence, there's no rude drunk here (5,3,4)
23. Run this way to cause consternation (4)
24. Reprimanded with some spirit, maybe (5)
25. Only a lake (4)
28. I, - I am a rat, tempting ladies with this liquor (3,5)
29. Severe food shortage (6)
30. Suffering severe physical strain (8)
31. They may use axes, starting to hurl jugs (6)
Down
1. To repeat military personnel must have a lock-up (8)
2. Tidal flow that can ruin a sweater (3-5)
3. Fly by means of a hang glider (4)
5. Social occasions for groups of MPs? (5,7)
6. Venue for Torvill and Dean? (4)
7. Pressure's needed to get one in the charts (6)
8. Unduly long piece of writing on the plastered wall (6)
11. I believed art to be involved in discussion and examination (12)
15. It's heard within a narrow strait: 'That's free from rust!' (5)
16. Home of skittles team? (5)
18. Quite a while? Not exactly (8)
19. Many always set about little beasts (8)
21. Discernments (6)
22. Angora fleece (6)
26. Deposits of ancient Rome, perhaps (4)
27. It rises rapidly then dies away (4)