Crossword Antico
Clues are given according to alphabetical order of their answers, which should be entered jigsaw-fashion in the grid. Clues to three-letter words are definitions only. 24 (two words, unclued) is the name of a person born a hundred years ago this February
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Sayings in commercials capturing era (6) Stir tea differently, being most pretentious? (7) Electronic sound from drone perhaps with power (4) Lose nerve with objection about extreme sign (6,3) Fellow, good, breaking cipher by end of war (6) Revolutionary plot consumed discussion (6) Start to sweat after time in tennis match? Certainly (9) Light colour in apple crumble (4) Duck and deer I disturbed (5) Researches lacking depth? Mischievous things (5) Flightless bird (3) Weary old partner disliked entertaining us (9) Area shown by photo, northward in river (7) Biting insect? Run away, we’re told (4) Translation of Irish most haphazard (3-2-4) Hostile (3) Picture that is, around border, not right (7) Biro as misused to make line on map (6) Beam, not stone, construction’s last link (4) Garland (3) Run left almost unobstructed (4) Fellow with unknown language (4) Thousandth of an inch (3) Reportedly excavated object (4) Unfamiliar (3) Senseless hesitation in song (6) Work stirring soup (4) Capital? It’s very large, look (4) Wan friend with hat (6) Minister reversed decline with energy (6) Show delight, holding ace (6) Band, when upset, quiet (4) Unhappy about cold fish (4) Progress slowly, following singular scribble (6) Back in time, sold house (4) Narrow runner (3) Plaster adhered, endlessly firm (6) Enclosure for pigs (3) Peg to support golf ball (3) Fix diet, oddly personal (3,4) Small child (3) Network (3) Entries to: ‘Crossword 357’ by post (The Oldie, 23/31 Great Titchfield Street, London W1W 7PA), email (editorial@theoldie.co.uk) by 22nd December. First prize is the latest edition of the Chambers Dictionary and a cheque for £25. Two runners-up will receive cheques for £15. When you send in your entry, please let us know whether or not you are a subscriber.