Crossword No. 46 by Rosebud

4100 to the first correct solution out of the bag and an exclusive Rosebud notebook to the runner-up

Across

8 Must be cold for the Irish to wrap a fur

around. (4)

9 Over and over it will be said...(10)

10 ...how neat was the axing of Ann

Boleyn’s head? (5-3)

11/12A Tom Paine’s 18th-Century tome: Trump’s favourite before he read it? (6,2,3)

13/3D A must-buy at any cost at this rate

to the seller’s loss. (4-5)

15/24D What, four words for an adverb to

such an extent? (7,2)

18 Not really a cause célèbre, but it sounds

like the advent of one to come. (7,8)

20 Sure about that name on line? (4)

21 What remains of some stale essence. (4) 22 Operation Paperclip they called it − first

class blast they got from it! (1-4)

25 Lord loses head in a tizzy to promote a

priest. (6)

27 They’d be opening and closing remarks

in punctuation. (8)

28 Wouldn’t Jacob’s ladder put the fear of

God in those afflicted with it? (10)

29 Looks like the white castle’s in its

proper place here! (4)

Down

1 Heats up to a final climax? (10) 2 These are down to printers at

rare mishandling. (6)

3 See 13A

4 Expectorate? Dribble! (4)

5 What loss if I care Senior Counsel’s about to hang for a sheep or a lamb! (9)

6 Like old butlers they still look...

now standing on thin ice? (8) 7/26D On the level, no obstacles

in this contest? (4,4)

14 O, a bed arranged for residents

we hear! (5)

16 Unhurried movement unheard

of in real time. (4,6)

17 There’s no hearing of it till it

comes down like this. (9)

19 Wouldn’t a red bull (in Spanish)

be in order for a bullfighter? (8) 23 They make their dough at

night. (6)

24 See 15A

26 See 7D

27 Grab a bear to find the pig in

the middle! (4)