Cryptic Crossword 2
● · By Steve Raine · Published by Steevieweeviewoo · Published 2022-01-11T19:45:49.554Z
Constructor's Note
This is my second Cryptic I've ever written. It was a gift to a friend, so there are few personalised clues - but all can be worked out from the word play. Those clues are 11a, 14a, 23a, 24a, 1d and 4d,
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1A
Ruefully sullying it badly missing poles (8)
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Across
- 1ARuefully sullying it badly missing poles (8)
- 5ABurning alcohol right for time (6)
- 10AIngredients of sour mint lacking one ineffective medicine (7)
- 11AKingdom I nicked provides younger relative (7)
- 12ABirdlike type of flu (5)
- 13ADuo meeting clashing heads in Calais (4-1-4)
- 14APlay fiddle rushed in former location (12)
- 18APartner in crime is moving a robot carried by vicar's dog (12)
- 21ACite layup poorl gets evergreen trees (9)
- 23ACutie from church left old oriental (5)
- 24ATurtle sounds like it's home is finished? (7)
- 25APregnant Nirvana album (2, 5)
- 26ASeasoned an onion (6)
- 27ADistressed when I get data muddled up (8)
Down
- 1DYour birthday monster is a grotesque nagger (6)
- 2DFirmly establish within splits Ninja backed (6)
- 3DNatural at scattering from arachnid (9)
- 4DThe Dice Cup, for example, is a restricted organisation (7, 7)
- 6DTelecom makes partial punctuation (5)
- 7DCause dead queen in the colour of blood (8)
- 8DSpanish homestead hid a cane out of place (8)
- 9DInserting personal opinions to change, in other words, one sailing disaster (14)
- 15DBananas perhaps, before tribunal in eating area (4, 5)
- 16DEnters corrupt pool amidst winning tennis serves (8)
- 17DGreen light? Everyone coherent (8)
- 19DOne table? Erratic though (6)
- 20DYou're loading, concealing new bullets in a gun (6)
- 22DBurdened landsmen losing North/South mass (5)