THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1069

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ACROSS

1 Special area for prize bull? (1,5,2,3,3)

10 Dramatic heroine is final character introduced by essayist (5)

11 See me with fantastic Ring seat? (9)

12 Reserves fuel in area below ground (7)

13 Advantage taken in revolutionary Iran, a blissful state (7)

14 Offence by American? It leads to the beak (5)

16 Home golf tournament exposed (2,3,4) 19 Again lots about yearning (9) 20 With time on boat, one noted otter (5)

22 When this gets out, it’s no good getting acclaimed! (7)

25 King inside and mostly listening carefully (3,4)

27 Car part starts to emit diesel? It’s worn out (9)

28 Name works unopened in corners (5)

29 Yank consortium improved range (5,9)

DOWN

2 Rows of conifers seen around one Alaskan city (9) 3 Muse about turning up at ball (5) 4 Joining two pieces of wood is thoroughly boring activity (9)

5 Literary villain has a drink with football people (5)

6 Seriously damaged tanneries (2,7)

7 Type of board used in France and Germany? Yes, yes! (5)

8 Positive result from online business? (3,4)

9 The British population’s certainly determined in this (6) 15 Tax on Royal Mail? (5,4) 17 Enraged at cooking in cafe (3,6) 18 Irish town that’s left one depressed (9)

19 Can rule out this type of energy (7)

21 Dope is beginning to isolate Italian town (6)

23 Company hard on lawyer turning up for a particular task (2,3) 24 Too much in party repeated (5) 26 A date, then love coming up for this girl (5)