Lorraine: Good morning,
I enjoyed this weeks offering immensely until I got to 11ac and 20dn, needed Nick’s help to solve those two. Thanks Nick.
I found it took me slightly longer than usual to solve this puzzle which is a good thing as solving a puzzle should be taxing so as to exercise the brain. 🙂
Big thank you to Everyman for the brain workout.
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| 7. | To depart, follow green light (4,5) | ||
| TAKE LEAVE | sort of cdd | ||
| 9. | Good opportunity in school (5) | ||
| GROOM | G+ROOM | ||
| 11. | Grand Prix track, circuit in Lima rebuilt (5) | ||
| IMOLA i | O in (LIMA*) | ||
| 12. | Those who assault strikers? (9) | ||
| ATTACKERS | CDD in football, attackers are also called strikers |
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| 13. | Not quick to grasp what the pro is with a golf club? (4,2,3,6) | ||
| SLOW ON THE UPTAKE | pun on a golf stroke that requires gently bently swinging of the club | ||
| 14. | Large centrepiece required – English salesman returned with duff gen (7) | ||
| EPERGNE i | E+(REP<)+(GEN*) | ||
| 16. | Home Counties gave up, withdrew (7) | ||
| SECEDED | SE+CEDED | ||
| 18. | How a tot in a high chair eats, in poverty? (4,4,2,5) | ||
| FROM HAND TO MOUTH | cdd | ||
| 22. | Sci-fi film in register, reviewed after another (9) | ||
| ALIENATOR | ALIEN(sci-fi film)+(ROTA<) | ||
| 23. | Willow, very large one about to be cut back? (5) | ||
| OSIER i | OS+I+(RE<) | ||
| 24. | Study child actress (5) | ||
| DENCH | DEN+CH Judie, I presume |
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| 25. | Introduces new members (9) | ||
| INITIATES | dd | ||
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| 1. | Moral principles in middle of sixteenth century put down in this (6) | ||
| ETHICS | (sixt)E(enth)+(C in THIS) | ||
| 2. | Covering the entire distance, from the beginning (3,5) | ||
| ALL ALONG | cdd | ||
| 3. | Scholar in a goods vehicle in street (6) | ||
| SAVANT | (A VAN) in ST | ||
| 4. | They may be used by a camper, foreign gent with pets (4,4) | ||
| TENT PEGS | (GENT+PETS)* | ||
| 5. | Urge to get prize piece of tableware (3,3) | ||
| EGG CUP | EGG+CUP | ||
| 6. | Major duel – one it bothered in play (5,3,6) | ||
| ROMEO AND JULIET | (MAJOR DUEL – ONE IT)* | ||
| 8. | Be an authority on tear-jerkers? (4,4,6) | ||
| KNOW ONES ONIONS | dd pun | ||
| 10. | Give the wrong impression being crazy about Skye, perhaps (7) | ||
| MISLEAD | MAD around ISLE | ||
| 14. | Antelope crossing fine line in enchanted placed (7) | ||
| ELFLAND | ELAND around F | ||
| 15. | A German beer mug for a renowned scientist (8) | ||
| EINSTEIN | EIN+STEIN (I typed this next week) |
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| 17. | US agency holding a married bloke in Asian country (8) | ||
| CAMBODIA | CIA around (A+M+BOD) | ||
| 19. | Some pythons, huge in part of Japan (6) | ||
| HONSHU i | hidden: pytHONS, HUge | ||
| 20. | Disordered routine, back tender (6) | ||
| TURBID | (RUT<)+BID | ||
| 21. | Unorthodox religious opinion at this place on the outskirts of Shrewsbury (6) | ||
| HERESY | HERE+S(hrewsbur)Y | ||
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