CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
WIN £500 No 17,055
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ACROSS
1 Made hop to firm with support for office equipment (11)
9 Noise or otherwise is a coastal feature (7)
10 Old friend retains habitual response regarding sight? (7) 11 Argument against fleece (3) 12 Mike cross about source of gossip has to move to another area (7) 13 Painter and composer overlooking a city circle (2,5) 14 Prince with prestigious award for Englishman abroad (3)
15 Sleep in centre of city? That’s not appropriate (5) 17 Dependable heading off but out of practice (5) 18 Alarm created by policeman touring a province (5) 20 Largely inexpensive move (5)
22 Annoy Irish bankers essentially (3)
24 Retired priest in
vogue in channel (7)
25 Gathered lad with
Gene after work (7)
26 Line, we hear, in fish eggs (3) 27 A state in which one
records little? (7)
28 Journalist provided drinks accompaniment in building (7)
29 Important boxer, perhaps (11)
DOWN
1 Mogul with hunch plans to change traditional pub dish (10,5)
2 Paper in Tokyo might
be featured in this? (7)
3 Measure of weight previously about unionist (5)
4 Novel soon noted
alone (2,4,3)
5 Whole number in outskirts of Trieste followed by German (7)
6 Stickier contest devised for very clever person (6,9)
7 Work together with mate possibly in the lead (4,2)
8 Become visible in sides of gallery that’s dimly lit (6)
16 Whimsical artist enthralled by a rare piece on railway (9)
18 Find fault with select apartment when emptied (4,2)
19 Companion otherwise linked to a London football club (7)
21 Figure missing son in
good part of the day (7) 23 Child with longing recalled
some meat offal (6)
25 My tips for some fliers (5)
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