Shirley Curran
Shirley Curran
 
A cryptic puzzle again this week. You might prefer to work on the interactive version. Click on this link that will take you to the Crossword Compiler website which cannot be technically supported by GenevaLunch.
Hard to beat?
by Chalicea

Twelve clues contain the same short word (often, but not always in the same place), which is ignored in the subsidiary part of the clue.

Across

1 Nobody’s brother with energy becomes wolfish (6)

4 Interesting incidents when oriental tarts lie around the ground (8)

9 City graduate (5)

10 Oddly approach Ray, spy, hear hidden things (9)

11 Flip and fling (4)

12 Trim log base (4)

13 City exists (5)

15 About time to angle for this (7)

16 Southern timber (4)

19 Model component (4)

20 Flees no anomalous regal description of ones person (7)

23 Separated separated preposition (5)

24 Fish for tea in the East End (4)

25 Honour a festival (4)

27 Networks and French in charge within the laws of the game (9)

28 Hoard and split quarters (5)

29 Evil Scandinavian night prowler is heard to provide transport (8)

30 Commonplace culture’s round vessel (two words) (3,3)

Down

1 Badmouth twice to improve its looks? (8)

2 Sycophant in the manner of Italian-English (8)

3 Trim cattle (4)

5 Qualified people claim to know about aluminium in electrically charged particles (13)

6 Discard material that is useless (5,5)

7 Finally has time of French leave (6)

8 Thinly scattered between the heart of Essex and the south east (6)

10 A contemptible supporter with an indifferent manner (13)

14 Instructive when self-taught person loses car in US state (10)

17 Sweetener for American politician – a long time gunner (8)

18 Show book carrying impulses away (8)

21 Uncritically repeat nonsense (6)

22 Design a military entertainment (6)

26 How Roald Dahl was going confusedly back to his origins (4)

Here is last week’s solution:

Posted by :: Shirley Curran on 11 November 2010 at 8:00 | permalink
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