Crossword
Antico
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Clues are given according to alphabetical order of their answers, which should be entered jigsaw-fashion in the grid. Three clues are without definitions; their answers are the names of characters created and played by one person. The 20 4 (unclued) was the 5 in which they appeared. Initial letters of Across entries in correct order spell the name of the person, who was born a hundred years ago this April.
Clues
Airman ahead of storms around eastern areas (8) Judge passes sentence partially (6) Place in East Anglia left by bishop (6) Different line, second in middle of speech (4) Wild hype about revolutionary work by artist behind grand layout (9) Theories tossed aside (5) Anxious concern I air at imprisonment (13) During retreat, smart, ignoring leader moving to the right (9) Fine to lose weight for game (1,3) Birds peck endlessly around one end of meadow (5) Note island, right for hideout (4) In charge during sale shifting cameras (6) Spartan hero, sadly adrift, bearing north with hesitation (8) Friars perhaps improve lives, restricting hypocrisy (10) Name that is attached to outlaw, name held by member of clergy (6,9) Item designed for small child (4) Try playing, after second king, one ace (8) Sailor in control, going west, more inquisitive (6) Get on under pressure, for example – it’s a feature of cribbage (8) Feeble in church? On the contrary, forceful (6) Changed decor to include trophy that is captured again (10) Sequence in verse I respond about (6) Mistake made by son, on edge (4) Traitor with improper haste snares king (5,2,3,5) Infernal river? Cross below filthy place (4)