Across |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
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CLEMENTINE |
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Citrus fruit mild in taste ultimately (10) |
CLEMENT + IN + tast(E) |
6 |
FLAB |
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Fine research unit collected fat (4) |
F + LAB |
10 |
PAIRS |
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Head of programming broadcasts a game of bowls (5) |
(P)rogramming + AIRS |
11 |
PETTICOAT |
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One company invested in particular shabby clothes and underwear (9) |
(I+ CO) inside (PET + TAT) |
12 |
BASSET |
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Hound group behind a form of tax (6) |
SET after BAS |
13 |
BREACHES |
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Barrister’s opening gets to violations of the law (8) |
(B)arrister + REACHES |
14 |
EXTEND |
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Add to reference book, except for the beginning and end (6) |
(t)EXT + END |
16 |
SLIPPAGE |
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Cutting attendant’s delay (8) |
SLIP + PAGE |
17 |
PORPOISE |
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Sea mammal characterised by power or elegance (8) |
P + OR + POISE |
19 |
PESTER |
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Annoy fellow crossing street (6) |
PEER outside ST |
21 |
TITLE BAR |
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A brittle, fractured part of window (5,3) |
Anagram of A BRITTLE |
22 |
SETTLE |
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Place in Washington not acknowledging a land (6) |
SEATTLE minus A |
25 |
EMBELLISH |
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Centrepiece of Bohemian ring is hard to beautify? (9) |
Boh(EM)ian + BELL + IS + H |
26 |
DINGO |
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Wild animal died during journey (5) |
D + IN + GO |
27 |
SHED |
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Get rid of outdoor storage unit (4) |
Double Definition |
28 |
WHITE DWARF |
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Dense star withdrew, upset about a film’s lead character (5,5) |
(Anagram of WITHDREW outside A) + (F)ilm |
Down |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
1 |
CAPABLE |
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Efficient personal assistant entering message once (7) |
PA inside CABLE |
2 |
EXITS |
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Leaves cross buried in site under reconstruction (5) |
X inside anagram of SITE |
3 |
EASTERN ROSELLA |
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Arrest one prepared to trade a native bird (7,7) |
Anagram of ARREST ONE + SELL + A |
4 |
TYPE |
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Kind characters in captivity, perhaps (4) |
captiviTY PErhaps |
5 |
NATURAL |
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Brown floating up on Russian river is organic (7) |
TAN reversed + URAL |
7 |
LION-HEART |
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Brave person fired up about working with judge (4-5) |
LIT outside (ON + HEAR) |
8 |
BATISTE |
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Club ties fashioned in fine fabric (7) |
BAT + anagram of TIES |
9 |
MISAPPREHENDED |
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Didn’t understand forged papers checked by him over and over (14) |
Anagram of PAPERS inside (HIM reversed) + ENDED |
15 |
TURNTABLE |
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Spinner scrambled run during involved battle (9) |
Anagram of RUN inside anagram of BATTLE |
16 |
SEE |
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Recognise top performer missing out on final (3) |
SEE(d) |
17 |
PUTTERS |
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Green activists, say, posted in supplementary information? (7) |
UTTER inside PS |
18 |
SPANISH |
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Censure is expressed in quiet language (7) |
(PAN + IS) inside SH |
20 |
REEL OFF |
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Effortlessly repeat dance of folks at the front (4,3) |
REEL + OF + (F)olks |
23 |
TINEA |
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Traces of ointment in each athlete’s foot, say (5) |
ointmenT IN EAch |
24 |
WHIT |
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Comedian interrupted by heckler at the start a little bit (4) |
WIT outside (H)eckler |