Across |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
1 |
STEP INTO |
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Unexpectedly enter remodelled set with horse (4,4) |
Anagram of SET + PINTO |
5 |
CLOSER |
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Cold person who doesn’t succeed should be more intimate (6) |
C + LOSER |
9 |
ON THE DANGER LIST |
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One in Netherlands got treated not very well (2,3,6,4) |
I inside anagram of NETHERLANDS GOT |
11 |
TERMINATOR |
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Call in a degenerate about killer (10) |
TERM + IN + A + (ROT reversed) |
12 |
FLUE |
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Smoker rushed through speech (4) |
Sounds like FLEW |
13 |
PUSHED |
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Backed up in front of storage unit in a hurry (6) |
UP reversed + SHED |
15 |
DECLINED |
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Deed covering vacated council home is rejected? (8) |
DEED outside [C(ounci)L + IN] |
18 |
SWAN SONG |
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AFL team dealing with grand final appearance (4,4) |
SWANS + ON + G |
19 |
LAPSES |
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Page discovered in forged sales slips (6) |
P inside anagram of SALES |
22 |
LEER |
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Bless rebel returning stare? (4) |
(REBEL minus B) reversed |
23 |
FAIR-SPOKEN |
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Smooth-tongued writer accepting endorsement after shows (4-6) |
(PEN outside OK) after FAIRS |
26 |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
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IT company put in representation of crime scene? (8,7) |
CO + (PUT inside anagram of CRIME SCENE) |
27 |
TANGLE |
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Time to fish for catch (6) |
T + ANGLE |
28 |
INITIALS |
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Endorses new design of sail after taking part (8) |
Anagram of SAIL after IN IT |
Down |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
1 |
SHOOT UP |
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Sheep, after frightening cry, jump (5,2) |
TUP after SHOO |
2 |
ENTER |
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Tenant stripped of initial right to take possession (5) |
(r)ENTER |
3 |
ITEMISERS |
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They list it alongside drug people that are mean (9) |
IT + E + MISERS |
4 |
TO A MAN |
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Development of anatomy almost without exception (2,1,3) |
Anagram of (ANATOM)y |
6 |
LURE |
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Participants in Aussie Rules returned inducement (4) |
aussiE RULes reversed |
7 |
SKI-PLANES |
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Snow vehicles avoid transport routes (3-6) |
SKIP + LANES |
8 |
RETREAD |
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Go through book about pruned tree’s recycled material (7) |
READ outside (TRE)e |
10 |
GLOWER |
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Shiner’s black look? (6) |
Double Definition |
14 |
STATESMAN |
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Respected political leader recollected names after the fact (9) |
Anagram of NAMES after STAT |
16 |
LEAD PAINT |
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Manage glass containing a former colouring agent (4,5) |
LEAD + (PINT outside A) |
17 |
ON SALE |
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Son ordered alcohol going cheap (2,4) |
Anagram of SON + ALE |
18 |
SOLICIT |
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Son shortened lawful proposition (7) |
SO(n) + LICIT |
20 |
SUNLESS |
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Head to seaside except when cloudy (7) |
(S)easide + UNLESS |
21 |
ARISEN |
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Transmission of car is entirely developed? (6) |
cAR IS ENtirely |
24 |
KENYA |
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Pole entering important capital of Asian country (5) |
N inside KEY + (A)sian |
25 |
BURL. |
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Try bank’s primary internet location (4) |
(B)ank + URL |