BBC Focus

OCTOBER 2016

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ACROSS

9 Secondrelativehasnothingmoresleek(8)

10 Meteorologist originally has a pressure

chart (3)

11 LP that’s unsurpassed (6)

12 Holidayinanalcove(6)

13 Wild lion removed from print (7)

14 Fletcher’s groove (4)

15 Prisonerwithcomplaintpointstochurch

merging (10)

17 Family member’s account (8)

18 Landworkedonasite(7)

19 Hitagastropod(4)

21 Flexible game (6)

24 Cancel emails, like a solution to a complaint

(6-4,7)

27 Reassessedbalmassomethingsimilar(6)

29 Sway to some music (4)

30 Yours truly has a terribly neat aquatic

mammal (7)

33 Brilliant old bird (8)

35 Stop directors getting building material (10)

36 Stallion, hard-working, promises to leave (4)

37 Owlssetoff,notthemostspeedy(7)

38 Duration of amount of trouble (6)

40 Long-leggedcreaturerunningtocave(6)

41 LeavedaughterofZeus,say(3)

42 Work properly as a 10A (8)

DOWN

1 Simple soap derived from

woody vine (10)

2 Spy some substance (4)

3 A hirsute hybrid of dictionaries

(8)

4 Father gets right range of

confectionery (7)

5 Colourfulpicturemakesgrocer

stamp about (11)

6 Plant car lot enlivened by song

(10)

7 Emphasise dialect (6)

8 Softcure–refinedsugar(8)

10 Chap,say,backindisorder(5)

16 Followersendlesslyaboutto

get America down (7)

20 I call out for some shade (5)

22 Lamb played with hesitation

with old fish (7)

23 Mark puts gold into branch in

resort (11)

25 Wearingmylionsuitshows

brilliance (10)

26 Bear forced to share in

anomaly (10)

28 Moveviatable,incase(8)

31 A student swimming in lake

that’s not acidic (8)

32 Pope quietly takes on

argument (7)

34 Doctor joins one old family (6)

35 Money for food (5)

39 Observe a sound (4)

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