For those that are suffering a loss of Indy goodness…. Taken a little work but here is the missing crossword for you to do. Think of it as a birthday present from 15 squared.
1 Dance with a bottle of rum, making sport in bar (5,8)
9 Retreating, shielded from blows to make elusive catch (3)
10 Policeman wheels sailor home: that is touching! (11)
11 Bar of Silver and Gold at first concealed by Mata Hari? (3-5)
12 Computerised guide’s advantages over say, lawyer no longer evident (6)
14 Bull comes after this barge (3)
16 Leading rogue footballers home after bender (4-7)
19 Coxswain in serial dispersed crew (6,5)
20 Cross line to make this (3)
21 Boat said in Bristol to be on stand-by? (6)
23 Instruction to Shaw to leave US city (3,5)
27 Require Labour to bring in councillor with a talent for embroidery (11)
28 New Zealand winger back in university team’s firsts (3)
29 Pieces of eight son sent with romantic words (5,8)
Down
1 Overseas destination when surfing location – area around Spain – is in fashion (8,6)
2 Bones can – sort of (5)
3 Clear latex moulded with E-cup (9)
4 Mistake defending resolution intimidating people (5)
5 Producer of note giving neighbour a lift (4)
6 Soap neatly concealing US writer’s lack of inspiration (5)
7 Postponement of rising precedes delay to ambush (3,2,4)
8 Doctor Livesey had one with black stars (8,6)
13 Prime cuts small and so smooth (4)
15 Posh car in Paris inches south, a long, long way from Nice (9)
17 Salmon, cold, something had with a bottle of rum, not half! (4)
18 Desperate to survive axe (4-5)
22 Girl taking clothing from Boots (5)
24 No end in sight for mafia-style mission (5)
25 John Trelawney’s first to stop body of criminals (5)
26 Stevenson was one son raised in Beds (4)
Thanks flashling, great stuff! May catch up with you on the main blog later.
Thank you so much for taking the trouble to post this, flashling. Greatly appreciated.
Thank you flashling!
Well done. Thank you.
Thanks flashling. I’ve actually managed to get a copy of the paper itself, so I’ll have a crack at it after tea and tell you what I think later (if I can solve it, of course).
16a Leading rogue footballers home after bender (4-7)
Ah – sorry, I see you did have 16a, just called it 14! [Edit by flashling: good spot Thomas99 numbering snafu corrected]