Across |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
1 |
PECANS |
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Open unsealed containers with nuts? (6) |
o)PE(n + CANS |
5 |
PRO TEM |
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Habitual routine adopted by cabinetmaker for the time being? (3,3) |
ROTE inside PM |
11 |
UNDERDONE |
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Rare sort of dune, one formed on far side of road (9) |
Anagram of DUNE + (ONE after RD) |
12 |
FRIAR |
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Religious man from India losing mind after love, right? (5) |
FROM INDIA minus (MIND after O) + R |
13 |
TERRINE |
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Recipe’s first used in cooking of entire meat dish (7) |
(R)ecipe inside anagram of ENTIRE |
14 |
SCRUNCH |
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Squash clubs administered in school (7) |
(C + RUN) inside SCH |
15 |
AMBLED |
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Took a punt leaving West Bank and wandered (6) |
(g)AMBLED |
17 |
ARMENIAN |
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Asian men in song strain at the end (8) |
MEN inside ARIA + strai(N) |
18 |
INCIDENT |
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Event in Australian capital checking identification (8) |
(IN + CENT) outside ID |
21 |
RIALTO |
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Flashily dressed man returned to business centre (6) |
LAIR reversed + TO |
24 |
NASCENT |
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Final part of mountain climb is beginning to develop (7) |
mountai(N) + ASCENT |
25 |
APPLAUD |
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Commend software, consisting of two parts, taking a new direction (7) |
APP + (DUAL reversed) |
27 |
SWANS |
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Central part of Tassie providing refuge for white birds (5) |
ta(SS)ie outside WAN |
28 |
VANCOUVER |
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Uranium kept in transporter to protect Canadian city (9) |
U inside (VAN + COVER) |
29 |
SHERRY |
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Cast admitting blunder with alcohol (6) |
SHY outside ERR |
30 |
SMELLY |
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Stallone punched by Gibson on the nose (6) |
SLY outside MEL |
Down |
Answers and Clues |
Explanations |
2 |
ELDER |
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Senior metalworker with no tungsten in stock (5) |
WELDER minus W |
3 |
AIRLINE |
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Eccentric millionaire losing limo transport business (7) |
Anagram of MILLIONAIRE minus LIMO |
4 |
SHOVER |
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Schoolgirl’s beginning to hang around pusher (6) |
(S)choolgirl + HOVER |
6 |
REFEREE |
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Judge replaced free roll of film before the end (7) |
Anagram of FREE + (REE)l |
7 |
TRIENNIAL |
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Nine involved in court case lasting three years (9) |
Anagram of NINE inside TRIAL |
8 |
MARCHING ORDERS |
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Instructions to leave animal locked up excited Schrodinger (8,6) |
RAM reversed + anagram of SCHRODINGER |
9 |
AUSTRALIANISMS |
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Rituals in a mass affected some things we say (14) |
Anagram of RITUALS IN A MASS |
10 |
LESSOR |
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Tenants of hellholes so resented landlord? (6) |
hellhoLES SO Resented |
16 |
BACKSTAGE |
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Taxi pulled over with busted gasket away from public view (9) |
CAB reversed + anagram of GASKET |
17 |
ACT |
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Work place in NSW? (3) |
Double Definition |
19 |
DRESSER |
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Doctor sees troubled Head of Radiology with surgeon’s assistant (7) |
DR + anagram of SEES + (R)adiology |
20 |
NATIVE |
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Local having no idea about time (6) |
NAIVE outside T |
22 |
IMPROVE |
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Look up troublemaker before start of cruise (7) |
IMP + ROVE |
23 |
CANNES |
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One leaving dogs in French playground (6) |
CANINES minus I |
26 |
ANVIL |
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Small bone fragments found in Roman village (5) |
romAN VILlage |