| Across 1/10 Pray sermon produces a 4 down 14 (5,5) 4 Being more familiar, he sends mail on (to prison guard?) (9) 9 Boxer’s valid case dismissed (3) 10 See 1 11 Pursue eccentric? That shows face (5,4) 12 Often triangular space in latticework (5) 13 9 heard before this 4 down 14 put radio in food (6) 17 Hammer’s type of cinema? (5-2) 18 Refuse to acknowledge Caesar’s going west before a 5-0 win, to begin with (7) 20 An Egyptian vital spark by another name (1.1.1.) 21 Thoroughly blacken pot found on desk? (7) 23 4 down 14’s an odd stick (of the Old Bill? Not quite) (7) 25 Rusty 4 down 14’s a heartless dog (6) 27 Correct hospital for Miss Nesbit? (5) 31 I let vomit become a recurring theme (9) 32 See 35 33 In serious debt (1.1.1.) 34 Prescribed wise men’s tar coat (a litre) (9) 35/32 Close’s 4 down 14 cuts, say, a portion of ground meat the other way round (5,5) |
Down 1 Show work up by Marama Fox, for example (4) 2 The thorny subject of wine? (4) 3 Redirect gaze to first New York river (7) 4 Related to rubbing one-handed? Fantastic! (9) 5 Wolf, 2, ditching Scary (initially) for Posh (4) 6 We follow 12 for a 4 down 14 (followed by a bird) (7) 7 Bird may follow a preacher to birds to make a sailor (and an apostle to make an assistant to 1/10) (5) 8 Free of rising filth, almost (3) 14 You may be one hen embracing woman! (6) 15 Jams freedom in plugs (2-4) 16 “So, I like kissing heads?” (A TV series about 4 down 14s) (4) 18 A 4 down 14 – Colonel Dan, perhaps – one with insincere advocates (9) 19 I love almost holding upturned instrument (4) 22 Pitches naked wench towards current (7) 24 Test cricket is over (5,2) 26 Shiny things Bada’s successor left inside (5) 28 Mix porridge (4) 29 Hit from The Police (US version) (4) 30 Spot the hacker? (4) 31 Hit from one quarter of Don McGlashan’s old band (3) |
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