
ACROSS 1 Old programme showing Donald
Duck lying in state? (8) 5 Words of
encouragement when husband’s caught in deceitful
backsliding? (4,2) 9 Fuel that’s
fantastic on paper (7) 10 Making
complaints leads to malicious oaf taking a beating, first off
(7) 11 Run away with girl after she’s
dumped writer (5) 12 A source of
illumination in the main (9) 13 Female’s
back (4) 15 Inner yen, a hankering
ultimately? Could be (8) 19 See
8 20 See 8 23 Dance
mostly with a Russian space traveller? This may provide the
music (9) 25 Sheath is essential for estoc
really (5) 26 With heavens breaking, a
storm will do for this tiny creature
(4,3) 27 Note, paying attention’s not hard
but necessary (7) 28 Girl, right, turned
heads of lads, dressed nicely in full skirt
(6) 29 Sounds like I am able to date
unknown person who’s attractive (3,5)
DOWN 1 Hell, best man’s taking time!
(6) 2 His contribution to medicine is of
wee significance? (9) 3 Stage play oddly
taking hour and a quarter (5) 4
Playwright who makes you sick (6) 6 One
lies in front of fire, rather drunk, wearing skirt
(6,3) 7 Whinges endlessly when mobile
charger makes this sound
(5) 8,21,10d,19,14,20 Quiet thatched pub
b-burning? Bugger! Brewery much glad these characters are
scrambled from 1 (4,4,6,6,8,6,3,4) 10 See
8 14 See 8 16 One chap
covers up for criminal providing drug
(9) 17 Perhaps foil container is a way of
transferring money over to Director under the counter
(8) 18 Performer in production of
Tristan abandoning Lohengrin finally
(6) 21 See 8 22 Very narrow lane that’s
between high-rises? (6) 24 On which
Parisian graffiti artist draws monkey-like creature?
(5) 25 PM avoids controversy concerning
oil (5)
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