CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 Rabble-rouser invests Russian money in fluctuating market (12) 8 Taking turns, staff
manage gallery (7)
9 Train bronco with crop at first, the hard part of it (7)
11 EU stands by potentially
smart outfit (6,4)
12 Work with a
large stone (4)
14 Nasty types call for help twice, wasting seconds (2-3-3)
16 Queen once accommodated former lover here? (6) 17 Doctor, and the organisation employing him/her? (3) 19 Run across one horsedrawn vehicle (6) 21 Old tax journalist praised highly (8) 24 Some said lecturer’s not working (4) 25 What ducks do with leg to make aggressive approach (4,4,2)
27 Old lady retaining Irish victor’s promised land (7) 28 After onset of drought river’s a trickle (7) 29 Private display of vicious snake (viper) we retrieved (5,7)
DOWN
1 Drama queen representing a Titian (7)
2 Bizarre lout fiddled
with his mobile (10)
3 Punch drunk wobbly old duke introduced (4,4)
4 Justify coppers
entering river (6)
5 Hairstyle for
a comic (4)
6 One flees east European rounding small headland (7)
7 Angry department’s
random sample (5-7) 10 Everyone put in wager on reindeer, one with padded feet? (6,6)
13 Leading couple of adults in full advancing old age (4,6)
15 Rider’s novel in
a nutshell (3)
18 Do such graduates
steer game? (8)
20 Aircraft controller employed by retailer once (7)
22 Weapon made by very respectful Japanese? (7)
23 Humidity stifling city?
Take flight in secret (6) 26 German drivers go round variable controversial strip (4)
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