The Post

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS 9

10

A reconditio­ned iron Ute isn’t unusual (7)

Is one dividing fish for the North African country (7)

11 Lament after Grandma gets the material (7)

12 Born before the heartless frogman who’s more impoverish­ed (7)

13 Delivers fish as a form of greeting (9)

15 You and I embraced Henry, a pilot perhaps (5)

16 Drank as they rowed? (7)

19 The waiters get computers (7)

20 The plot tortuously includes a ball game (5)

21 A plant found in a nudist colony (5,4)

25 Custer is upset about the daughter being the most vulgar (7)

26 Improperly married fan (7)

28 The Shakespear­ean character gets to return the greeting (7)

29 Almost dined with children, but it’s in dispute (2,5)

DOWN 1

A hand tool for the English architect on the church (6)

2 Flip the switch as a source of excitement (4,2)

3 It’s out to eliminate and it’s down to clean (4)

4 I ran amok after he got a rupture (6)

5 The rotters put the mender on board (8) 6 Hell, it’s organised crime (10)

7 Reckon teatimes are arranged (8)

8 Runners’ dogs? (8)

14 The Spanish and the French are after fish that causes food poisoning (10)

16 Someone who chooses the district

surroundin­g the French (8)

17 The lies stun Ruth terribly (8) 18 The country is after the same again – a gift (8)

22 Australian natives are a

knockout unfortunat­ely (6) 23 Unlike this clue, it’s a blow (6) 24 A delivery for a Royal House and the Queen (6) 27 Dispatch the armour (4)

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546

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