Across |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
1 |
SEALSKIN |
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Animal fur stops blood (8) |
SEALS + KIN |
5 |
CORPUS |
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Cold or festering body (6) |
C + OR + PUS |
9 |
ASTERISK |
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Star reviewed a set with uncertainty? (8) |
Anagram of A SET + RISK |
10 |
UNDONE |
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Outstanding fund not started by an individual (6) |
(f)UND + ONE |
12 |
OMANI |
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Ring fellow linked to one Arab (5) |
O + MAN + I |
13 |
ROADBLOCK |
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Board modified to secure device that holds up vehicles (9) |
Anagram of BOARD + LOCK |
14 |
GENERAL STORE |
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Numbers rushed trading post? (7,5) |
GENERALS + TORE |
17 |
SCARLET FEVER |
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Disease’s lasting effect felt rotten always (7,5) |
SCAR + anagram of FELT + EVER |
22 |
SPLENDOUR |
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Place to stop in unpleasant ceremony (9) |
(PL + END) inside SOUR |
23 |
IMAGE |
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Corporate identity that is plugged by local publication (5) |
MAG inside IE |
24 |
EMAILS |
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Art deleted from materials used incorrectly in communication (6) |
Anagram of MATERIALS minus ART |
25 |
BUSTLING |
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Seal covering ordered list is active (8) |
BUNG outside anagram of LIST |
26 |
TAKING |
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Delightful time meeting a powerful man (6) |
T + A + KING |
27 |
ADHERENT |
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Tenacious head sorted out cost of living? (8) |
Anagram of HEAD + RENT |
Down |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
1 |
STAY ON |
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Support number tipped to continue (4,2) |
STAY + (NO reversed) |
2 |
ASTRAY |
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Right blocked by a guy is off the mark (6) |
R inside (A + STAY) |
3 |
SERVICE |
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Organised worship and half of sermon based on depravity (7) |
(SER)mon + VICE |
4 |
INSURRECTION |
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Trendy recruits moved on civil disorder (12) |
IN + anagram of RECRUITS + ON |
6 |
OMNIBUS |
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Replacement, in quick time, piled up a collection of books (7) |
(SUB + IN + MO) reversed |
7 |
PROTOCOL |
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Troop misread Colonel’s code of behaviour (8) |
Anagram of TROOP + COL |
8 |
SPECKLED |
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Spotted hole made by bird in sled (8) |
PECK inside SLED |
11 |
PARADE GROUND |
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Knock up notice, for example, on every side of marching square (6,6) |
RAP reversed + AD + EG + ROUND |
15 |
AS I SEE IT |
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A family member, heading to exhibition match, turned round IMO (2,1,3,2) |
A + SIS + (E)xhibition + TIE reversed |
16 |
FALL BACK |
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Fine NZ rugby player, left out at last, is to retire (4,4) |
F + ALL B(l)ACK |
18 |
LANOLIN |
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Animal oil worked on all at home (7) |
Anagram of ON ALL + IN |
19 |
EPISTLE |
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Letter “R” missing from anagram of reptiles (7) |
Anagram of REPTILES minus R |
20 |
MALICE |
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Aluminium found in lab animals with bad blood (6) |
AL inside MICE |
21 |
WEIGHT |
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Power shown by WA’s first rowing team (6) |
(W)a + EIGHT |