
ACROSS 1,27 Must
get on as candlestick is missing
(2,4,3,3,6) 6 8 perhaps exulted
(4) 8 Have 6 and scramble to the toilet?
(8) 9 Antelopes go to ground between 3 and
6 o'clock (6) 10 In short, he is truly a
believer (6) 11 Casual friends return –
(8) 12 – from the North after gushing
about hotel (6) 15 Discharge delegation to
the Orient (8) 16 Nothing left is
acceptable (3,5) 19 Title role of 25 in
comeback for yours truly (6) 21 She is
learning about precipitation (8) 22
Covered in swellings through lack of medicine
(6) 24 Blend Chinese porcelain with the
French (6) 25 Mouthwatering dish of ducks served round in
copper and gold (8) 26 Leaves without starting for a long
time (4) 27 See
1
DOWN 1 Refusal heard straight
from the horse's mouth? (5) 2 Rather
left-wing district near Manchester (7) 3
Shared the port (5) 4 Shares information
from under-the-table dealings (7) 5 Look
again at short section of film about former dictator
(2-7) 6 Noisy rush for tea dance
(7) 7 Look inside bottom to map owner's
specimen (9) 13 Cry due to showing sign of
age (9) 14 Careless conservators trail
flimsy garment (9) 17 He could be an
unusual delight (4,3) 18 Electra's
misguided sentimentality (7) 20 The enemy
of Newgate? (3,4) 22 Second generation
that is wrong to raise (5) 23 Foil with
muted oath
(5)
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