Sunday, 1 March 2015

Special, Sunday 01 Mar 2015, Bruno


Three answers per commenter (with annotations) upto 6 PM.
As far as possible please provide all your answers in one comment.


ACROSS
1   Hurt, sore, lying in bed, close to bottle of old expectorant (8)
5   Complained of agent stalking Queen perhaps (6)
9   Crack and give contents of easy cipher to free Charlie (7)
10 Mainly tedious demands? (5)
12 Collars criminal ace, running away with ornament (6)
13 Spooner’s Greek curtain’s a blunder (8)
15 Being stupid was fashionable one time among some (7)
16 Nothing repels an inspector like a song of praise (4)
19 It could be extremely permissive or extremely Godly (4)
21 Cry sadly for dead after buildup regularly lost members (7)
24 Hate cooking; love to take advantage of Asian Cafe (8)
25 A car crashed against centre of aqueduct, overturned on passageway (6)
28 Cold setter exceptionally glad for overcoat (5)
29 One could be sitting in front of all rows of a plane, or after A through T (7)
30 Spiral design covered land (6)
31 Operative – an American soldier - about to jump into Southern Russian river (8)

DOWN
1   See 7 down
2   Representative in Ireland was possibly British (6)
3   Region with trails leading to scenic pass around Central Britain (8)
4   Leaving Peak District in fabric that’s overly precious (4)
6   London gallery supports opponents of housing development (6)
7 & 1 Chap finds his meal, perhaps this? (4,3,5)
8   Move to Kensington Palace? (8)
11 Say, native Liverpudlian let off for being fragile (7)
14 Lines formed to squeeze girl’s hot tongue (7)
17 Large snake’s shadow seen on Thames in Spring? (4-4)
18 Great One is free from contraception (8)
20 British city’s girl & American city’s girl have almost everything (7)
22 City-lover’s dress? (6)
23 British cuisine’s starting to conquer a colder area (6)
26 English nobleman’s role playing requires reading comprehension (5)
27 Denim? An unusual clothing for a team! (3-1)

Across Lite version can be accessed at BRUNO 5

Enjoy.

No 2830, Sunday 01 Mar 2015


ACROSS
1   Winning hit makes one cheerful (6) UPBEAT {UP}{BEAT}
5   Fortune in part of church, left hidden (6) CHANCE CHANCEl
8   Fancy one state employing sorcerers (11) IMAGINATION {1}{MAGI}{NATION}
11 Compiler, one accepting wagers (9) BOOKMAKER [DD]
12 Handy, old circuit breaker (2,3) OF USE {O}{F USE}
13 Operation seen in a new light, on a body of water away from land (4,3) OPEN SEA {OP}{EN SE}*{A}
14 Here's a gift (7) PRESENT [DD]
15 At home, language reportedly under control (2,5) IN CHECK {IN} {CHECK}(~czech)
17 Isaac's father, in a bar, upset poor actor (7) ABRAHAM {A}{BAR*}{HAM}
20 Decorative headband held by Portia (rarity) (5) TIARA [T]
21 A report inside station for important person's attendant (9) SATELLITE {S{A}{TELL}ITE}
22 Shows unfortunate American characteristics, we hear (11) ILLUSTRATES {ILL}{US}{TRATES}(~traits)
23 Plucky fellow is yet to be beaten (6) FEISTY {F}{IS+YET}*
24 Fair bumper? (6) DODGEM [CD]

DOWN
2   This is likely to cause trouble, his deacon unfortunately being arrested by constabulary (8,7) POISONED CHALICE {PO{ISONED CHA}*LICE}
3   Problems are mounting for Dutch scholar (7) ERASMUS {ERA}{SMUS}<=
4   Fine king taken over reservoir, a source of solution to problems? (5,4) THINK TANK {THIN}{K} {TANK}
5   Seat I must sit in daily (5) CHAIR {CHA{I}R}
6   Fatty, a pickpocket, got up right away (7) ADIPOSE {A}{DIP}{rOSE}
7   Around 12 noon inside, the children make a situation more complicated (7,3,5) CONFUSE THE ISSUE {C}{O{N}FUSE} {THE} {ISSUE}
9   The Bronx's river (4) EBRO [T]
10 Band's hit (4) BELT  [DD]
14 Slated rep, awfully drunk (9) PLASTERED*
15 Greek character volunteers to track one of Jupiter's moons (4) IOTA {IO}{TA}
16 Facilitates distribution of beans the French imported (7) ENABLES {ENAB{LE}S*}
18 Told about tardy daughter (7) RELATED {RE}{LATE}{D}
19 Appearance of one captured by soldiers (4) MIEN {M{1}EN}
21 Impertinent reply about steamship (5) SASSY {SA{SS}Y}