Sunday, 3 February 2013

Special, Sunday 03 Feb 13, Rico (through Raju Umamaheswar)

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 And so to Zed ...


A - Could be Jenny Gold, legal adviser (8)
BHeadscarf for two Egyptian souls taking in the outback (8)
C - The rule of the army, we hear? No, the rule of the church (5, 3)
D - Beginning to fly back, may make hops ail? (10)
E - Listeners partly responsible for honour assumed by peers (8)
F - Private war following directly upon rejection (4)
G - Travel by rail is bloody! (4)
H - Japanese verses on Highland cattle heard by audience (6)
IMake inroads into game — quietly, please (6)
J - Inn whole jet-crew wrecked in old India (5, 2, 3, 5)
KVulgar fashion adopted by Christopher’s companion (6)
L - Idle find money a joke (8)
M - Fungus on plants acting gently on Manx sheep (6)
N - Powerless British union? Quite the reverse (4)
OWorked too hard on degree and ploughed (10)
P - Stop allegation being put out — there’s nothing in it — I’m only an old fossil- hunter (15)
Q - Dominant female found initially in High Court (5, 3)
R - Introduction on ‘Iron’ Bishop’s accepted length (8)
S - Horn seat is unlikely to be his design (8)
T - Impeded public transport merger, we hear (10)
U - Result of high—flown game? (6)
V - Archdeacon always shows respectability, apparently (6)
W - Party game for quiet excursion (5, 5)
XHeaven for spelaeologists? (6)
YHuntsmen, German, say, round about (6)
ZMenageries where horse replaces first of two rings for cattle (4)

No 2724, Sunday 03 Feb 13



ACROSS
1   Gas let off by a politician (8) FIREDAMP {FIRED}{A}{MP} Plenty available in India!!!

5   A plank on a yacht maybe (6) ABOARD {A}{BOARD}
10 Month in America below zero (5) MINUS {M}{IN}{US}
11 Poverty's end is seen in reform (9) NEEDINESS*
12 Excite them with incredible nursery rhyme (5,5,4) THREE BLIND MICE {THEM+INCREDIBLE}*
14 Tar at sea with sail and ropes (7) LARIATS*
15 Quite a few cut off by a lake (7) SEVERAL {SEVER}{A}{L}
17 Order to desist, so visit cancelled (4,3) CALL OFF [DD]
19 Choice of words found in short stories beginning differently (7) DICTION (-f+d)DICTION
21 Fictional lawyer and policeman row pointing to boundary (5-5,4) MASON-DIXON LINE {MASON}-{DI}{X}{ON} {LINE}
24 Playing air twice (short tune), 'Land of Hope . . .' (9) RURITANIA {AIR+AIR+TUNe}*
25 Stroll back, then head off (5) AMBLE gAMBLE
26 Notice, on inlet, a large number of ships (6) ARMADA {ARM}{AD}{A}
27 Clergyman never terribly overdrawn? (8) REVEREND {RE{NEVER*}D}

DOWN
1   Celebrity in stage musical (4) FAME [DD]
2   Hacienda owner sprinted and caught the woman (7) RANCHER {RAN}{C}{HER}
3   Criminal element mostly after speed abroad (9) DESPERADO {SPEED*}{RADOn}
4   Dog fends tribesman off (4,4,6) MANS BEST FRIEND*
6   Screen idol, at the end, crashing bore (5) BLIND {B{L}IND}
7   A row about the Spanish studio (7) ATELIER {A}{T{EL}IER}
8   Send in lady to reform theme park (10) DISNEYLAND*
9   Son was sent up by barrister, one provoking debate (6,8) DEVILS ADVOCATE {DEVIL}{S}<= {ADVOCATE}
13 Miserable girl in police van (5,5) BLACK MARIA {BLACK} {MARIA}
16 Be unsteady, unwell during leave (9) VACILLATE {VAC{ILL}ATE}
18 Odd having passionate desire over a period of five years (7) LUSTRUM {LUST}{RUM}
20 Soldier taken over impressive base (7) IGNOBLE {IG<=}{NOBLE}
22 Well-known record, Donovan's first (5) NOTED {NOTE}{D}
23 Guide boy round centre of Amsterdam (4) LEAD {L{E}AD}