CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
No 16,710
ACROSS
1 Luckless Blue Berets twice holding castle at end of siege (11) 9 Clip Romeo in bar (7) 10 Notice eastern sailors
going after record (7) 11 A sole on ice finally (3) 12 Acrobat put drink in
it (7) 13 Landlord wins European record again (2-5) 14 Second person’s tree
picked up (3) 15 Russian author German troops knew instinctively at first (5) 17 Cut corners and miles
in bypass (5) 18 I care initially about trouble returning in pelvic area (5) 20 The best stuff
conserves energy (5) 22 He’s somewhat discombobulated (3) 24 Mixed up letters connecting an old horse with sheep (7) 25 Specific clubs aren’t prepared to tour island (7) 26 Second duck making noise on farm (3) 27 Warm, also when nursing cold (7) 28 Withdraws fine incurred during cutback (7) 29 Situated centrally, it’s quiet and strange (11)
DOWN
1 Terrible Ivan cut no ice with Mum, being tightlipped (15) 2 Golfer played across middle of green for pin at the front (7) 3 It goes round and round (5) 4 Subvert foreign articles belonging to me (9) 5 Sore muscles with creases here and there (7) 6 Cricket and netball managed to keep English warmer (8,7) 7 Guard small door (6) 8 Reveal top of unusual cooked prawn (6) 16 Advise newcomer to get better (9) 18 Book one has picked up with top-class contents (6) 19 Reindeer in Cuba or dispersed around India (7) 21 A traveller goes north through area in central Europe (7) 23 Expel party controlling part of UK (6) 25 Troops and police capture leader of rebellion (5)
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