Otago Daily Times

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. He doesn’t believe one fled in disorder (7)

5. The bad weather comes into play (7)

9. The solstice is half-way through when it’s hot (9)

10. In a fire, curiously enough, it will happen again (5)

11. They ebb and flow in neap and spring (5)

12. Money held by the FT turns out to be half duty (5,4)

13. At length it sticks to a sort of soleplate (9)

16. What’s got the sound of power units? (5)

17. Secret mike the French use to give one a call (5)

18. The recent Saints are Mormons (6-3)

20. Cuts made in port shown on the book jacket (4,5)

23. Tease us for backing demerara (5)

25. Of the birds that go by way of an outer part (5)

26. Plant a constellat­ion between Cassiopeia and Pegasus (9)

27. One held a label in one’s stockings (7)

28. The breastbone of a seabird is, in sum (7)

DOWN

1. Those confined at home with their spouses (7)

2. Became deaf, died, and lost colour (5)

3. True, dogs may come right into a pharmacy in America (4-5)

4. Set bounds on how far one can go (5)

5. Violently disturbed but neutral, perhaps, after a loss (9)

6. One must be worthy of the order of it (5)

7. Given a hard coating, might need to hold a bit of bread (9)

8. Angry outbursts in the arts die out (7)

14. Handling of practical detail making clogs? It is possible (9)

15. Leave tail twisted to lighten it (9)

16. Own the set that can be adapted for sharpening things on (9)

17. With which one might wash the blanket as well (3-4)

19. Length of limb extends on ship (4-3)

21. The Scots can’t get a tropical plant (5)

22. Is on horseback and dries out (5)

24. Gather informatio­n from a different angle (5)

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