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Solution 1560 Across: 1 Gasoline, 7 Tutti, 8 Pyrometer, 9 Olm, 10 Yoda,
11 Pencil, 13/14 Golden Apples, 17 Pullet, 18 YMCA, 20 Axe,
22 Watermark, 23 Ficus, 24 Brisbane. Down: 1 Guppy, 2 Strudel,
3 Lime, 4 Nutmeg, 5 Stool, 6 Siemens, 7 Triceps, 1 2 Bellows, 13 Giraffe,
15 Lambada, 16 Jester, 17 Percy, 19 Ackee, 21 Iris.
QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker CROSSWORD by David Tossman
Puzzle No 1561 Puzzle No 1170
DIVERSIONS
Solution No 1169
For explanations of previous
cryptic crosswords, see David
Tossman’s blog at http://www.noted.
co.nz/distractions/quizClues across
- Present a bill or pill to the
French (5) - Start to see medic in money
difficulty revealing a whole
set of symptoms (8) - A pseud can make more tips
(8) - Confuse with a light barrier
(6) - I set my pieces to obstruct (6)
- Swindlers get the wind up
(8) - Sloppy work with small
growths (6) - Erotic players in the outskirts
of Sydney (6) - Help old boy, Scotsman, go
back to country (8) - Tyrant decapitates journalist
on return (6) - Festival has one in a wild
whirl (6) - The most socialistic position
is abandoned by the
majority (8) - Cancelled then rang again
(8)
Clues across
- What is Michael J Fox’s
middle name? (6) - Brass door handles and
handrails have proven
antibacterial properties due
to which component of the
alloy? (6) - What is someone recently
rich but not fitting in
socially? (7) - What is a rapid
simultaneous discharge of
firearms? (5) - What is the essence of a
speech or text? (4) - What is made in the
Bessemer process? (5) - Which Joseph’s company
expanded in 1914 with a
contract to supply Morris
Motors with electrical
equipment such as
magnetos, windscreen
wipers, horns, lighting and
starter motors? (5) - What is a large bound
bundle of hay? (4) - In a 1940s-50s advertising
campaign, which cigarette
brand was claimed to
be the favourite among
doctors? (5) - Which country grows in
size by about seven square
kilometres every year? (7) - In motor racing, what
colour flag means “no
passing”? (6)
23. Which is the largest
member of the grass
family? (6)
Clues down- What describes someone
cheerfully unconcerned
about the future? (5-2-5) - What are details written on
a package for delivery? (7) - Which town in Spain is the
centre of the sherry-making
industry? (5) - What is a heavy chisel used
for cutting bricks? (7) - What are mined at Coober
Pedy in Australia? (5) - The name of what large
flowering shrub is derived
from Greek for “rose” and
“tree”? (12) - What was Germany’s
World War II equivalent
of their World War I
Luftstreitkräfte? (9) - Thirty-nine American
universities use what dog as
their mascot? (7) - From Spanish, what
is an often humorous
exclamation of surprise or
dismay? (7) - Which Millie is best known
for her 1964 hit record My
Boy Lollipop? (5) - What is to work a soft
substance into a uniform
mixture with the hands?
(5)
25. Commandos capture the
French for gross revenues (5)
Clues down
- Seaman on average is
exceptional (8) - Ten out with ten in to follow
(4) - Be daintier when drunk? (10)
- In favour of healthy gain (6)
- Lure casual worker to team
leader (5) - They provide support for
swaggers? (6) - An early riser in my
embrace? That’s nonsense
(7) - Lad replies mysteriously
offering sole protection (10) - Sort of plainer confection (7)
- See lambs butchered and get
it together (8) - Boy went ahead and poured
the soup (6) - Bill with little hesitation
provides a vessel (6) - Duck a sibling in a lake
surrounded by desert (5) - Put you and me in iron, melt
and mix (4)
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