Crossword
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Across
8/12A Great balls of fire − don’t they
have energy to burn! (4,5)
9 On second thoughts, whatever that means, er... clue can’t reveal it! (10) 10 To the top went the Beverly Hillbillies...thinkin’ that meant acquirin’ top stock! (8)
11 How a tale can persist, like one with a long tale you’d hear in myth? (4,2)
12 See 8A
13 See 23D
15 Stable diet? (4)
18 Box office pullers you all would know, like Clooney, Cruise, Dicaprio and Crowe? (4,11) 20 Strange how the chances can be even or more. (4)
21 For some she can never be properly spelt. (4)
22 Oh, bother! The prince goes by... (5) 25 ... with the passing eye from a Grenadier with a spear. (6)
27 A march is arranged, for such is the attraction. (8)
28 See 24D
29 Affirm what may be seen in knavery.( 4)
Down
1 Correctly identified − if not nailed down with something less than a nail. (10)
2 Rendezvous around East Berlin down for discussion. (6)
3 See 4D
4/3D How renting apartments has left many a poor tenant on Grub Street? (4,5)
5 Highbrow pursuits for highbrows.(9) 6 Next brand of Italian western for the Yankee doodle? (8) 7 Repeat the question for the same answer. (4)
14 Holy Moses − it’s the brother! (5) 16 X −X: the answer is the question! (3,4,3)
17 Sir, get act in order for a tactical solution... (9)
19 ...for lack of caution openly shears North and South. (8)
23/13A A classic novel for kids, it would seem. Or well put together as a satire for adults? (6,4)
24/28A It’s what those vaccines do for every suffering soul of us! (5,3,7) 26 Praise from universal audience. (4) 27 We bravely kept it up, if often unseen, with some such intensity ...(4)