Genius crossword 345

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Six-letter entries form, in clue order, a chain in which each successive word contains five letters of the previous word and one new letter. The first and last words of the chain form the name of a person whose pioneering work in 10 24 with the use of 17 34A was first described in an article published 150 years ago this March. Each clue contains a superfluous word; initial letters of these words spell definitions of the four intermediate words in the chain.

Across

5 Hard to follow flower children’s

language (5) 9 Insect after fine meat (4) 12 Average lawyer hit back (3) 13 Casual ace led rival astray (8) 16 Curse rush to secure firm

support (7) 19 English tests just about constant

at school (7) 21 Curious seat without right

pressure (3) 22 Country people united in song (7) 30 False ridicule lacking power to

keep us silent (8) 32 Settled appeal after troublemaker

left (3) 33 Outline development of white

hotel suite (10) 35 Promise son organised sport (5)

Down

2 Letter regarding love changed

game (5) 3 Sprite in novel taking flight (3) 4 Group supporting man harmed

a trial (7) 6 Tasteless yet fashionable drink

I had (7) 7 Master greeting very quiet old

animal (5) 8 Dreadful uproar about rubbish

upset controller (8) 11 Brown ant moving soil (3) 14 Divert service after complaint

before noon (5) 18 Age beginning to limit expert

artist (3) 19 River rising in hills meanders east (3) 20 Enclosures examined hundred

times (5) 23 Not without heart nor impolite

after I trespass (7) 25 Most unattractive guile disturbed

timid saint (7) 28 Nothing in cabin offering

illumination (3) 29 Alien crowd, short of time, spirit

moved (5) 31 Iron bars sadly restricting hot

animal (5) 34 Beard slowly beginning to lose

depth (3)

Entries to: ‘Crossword 345’ by post (The Oldie, 23/31 Great Titchfield Street, London W1W 7PA), email (editorial@theoldie.co.uk) by 17th March. First prize is the latest edition of the Chambers Dictionary and a cheque for £25. Two runners-up will...