| Across | |
|---|---|
| 1. | ANTENATAL CLINIC – cryptic def. issue=children |
| 9. | TH(e)ROW,IN |
| 10. | NUT,CASE |
| 11. | ELITE (hidden) |
| 12. | DEODORANT (too darned)* – good surface. |
| 13. | ETRUSCANS (runes cast)* |
| 15. | C,HAIR – ‘Hair’ is a musical about hippies. |
| 16. | DOTTY double def. |
| 18. | STEVE,DO,RE [do(h), ray, me, fah, blah, blah, blah] |
| 20. | REDUNDANT – R(NUDE<,D)ANT |
| 23. | PL,EAT |
| 24. | SPORRAN – s, r in (apron)* |
| 25. | ME,TH(AN)E |
| 26. | SHEPHERD’S LAMENT (helps mend hearts)* |
| Down | |
| 1. | AS THE NEED ARISES (see a dish, eastern)* |
| 2. | T(ERR)IER |
| 3. | NEW JERSEY – how low can you go? |
| 4. | TONED (hidden) – had me staring at the next clue for a while. |
| 5. | LANGOUSTE – (sea – no glut)* – Liked the use of ‘sea’ as part of fodder. |
| 6. | LET GO |
| 7. | NIAGARA – again<=, RA |
| 8. | CHESTER-LE-STREET – (secret letter she)* a town in Durham. Not somewhere off the Champs-Elysées. |
| 14. | A,B,STAINE(s),R |
| 15. | CLEOPATRA – (to a place)* containing R(ex) |
| 17. | TADPOLE – ‘Po Delta’ as fodder was well spotted by setter (& me). |
| 18. | OPERATE – double def. |
| 21. | NORTH – Frederick North, PM 1770-82 |
| 22. | TIME,S |