Across |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
1 |
STAPLE |
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Principal is to join paper (6) |
Double definition |
4 |
REVERSAL |
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Odd bits of rust appearing in display switch (8) |
(R)u(S)t inside REVEAL |
10 |
BUILDING SOCIETY |
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Barrister’s first guilty decision ruined prominent lender (8,7) |
(B)arrister + anagram of GUILTY DECISION |
11 |
ESTEEMED |
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Honoured guests at the centre came down heavily (8) |
gu(ES)ts + TEEMED |
12 |
POSSET |
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Model nearly finished congealed milk-based drink (6) |
(POS)e + SET |
13 |
TEEN |
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Youngster’s tin pinched from tuckshop (4) |
CANTEEN minus CAN |
14 |
STABLEMATE |
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Companion’s bishop played in no-win situation (10) |
B inside STALEMATE |
18 |
METACARPAL |
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Touched a fish, a large bony thing (10) |
MET + A + CARP + A + L |
19 |
SPAR |
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Part of rigging a boxing match (4) |
Double definition |
22 |
SPLICE |
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Some of cricket bat’s power demonstrated in cut (6) |
P inside SLICE |
24 |
STEERING |
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Mechanism used to control energy, twice reset in line (8) |
(E + E) inside STRING |
26 |
ENTREPRENEURIAL |
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Distracted, inept learner rues not finishing business (15) |
Anagram of (INEPT LEARNER RUE)s |
27 |
DYNAMITE |
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New-fangled diet keeping many up is explosive (8) |
Anagram of DIET outside (MANY reversed) |
28 |
MENDER |
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Troops recalled embarrassed person in recovery (6) |
MEN + (RED reversed) |
Down |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
1 |
SUBJECT |
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National coach turned up on aeroplane carrying clubs (7) |
BUS reversed + (JET outside C) |
2 |
AGISTMENT |
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Stock-keeping cost in agriculture is, time after time, divided by people (9) |
AG + IS + [(T + T) outside MEN] |
3 |
LEDGES |
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Sides put on the back of large shelves (6) |
EDGES after L |
5 |
EASY |
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Tune a system’s components – it’s not difficult (4) |
tunE A SYstem |
6 |
ENCLOSED |
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End in itself is not out in the open? (8) |
CLOSE inside END |
7 |
SEEKS |
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Searches for saying of religious people (5) |
Sounds like SIKHS |
8 |
LAYETTE |
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Baby’s set of clothing still inside after hours (7) |
YET inside LATE |
9 |
ANTEATER |
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Pest exterminator retired in retreat after an evening meal (8) |
(RET reversed) after (AN TEA) |
15 |
BLASTING |
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Explosions may be continuing after appearance of bomber at the front (8) |
LASTING after (B)omber |
16 |
AMPLIFIED |
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Expanded financial services company lied about one fee initially (9) |
AMP + LIED outside [I + (F)ee] |
17 |
ICE CREAM |
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Cooked rice came with cold dessert (3,5) |
Anagram of RICE CAME |
18 |
MISLEAD |
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Fool is crazy about place surrounded by water (7) |
MAD outside ISLE |
20 |
REGULAR |
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Gun retrieved by a resistance fighter (7) |
LUGER reversed + A + R |
21 |
BEMUSE |
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Be first to make and run through puzzle (6) |
BE + (M)ake + USE |
23 |
LATIN |
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Romantic language is mostly dead at home (5) |
(LAT)e + IN |
25 |
TROT |
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Go off after start of triathlon’s run (4) |
ROT after (T)riathlon |