Found this an enjoyable walk in the park
ACROSS
4 Daughter occupying rebuilt church in one unknown nobleman’s domain
ARCHDUCHY D in (CHURCH)* all in A Y one unknown
11 Misplaced joke about priest getting little rise
KOPJE P in (JOKE)* from kop – a bank of terracing at Liverpool’s Anfield ground
12 Detached about what produces ground-ivy
ALEHOOF EH what! in ALOOF alehoof is ground-ivy glechoma hederacea
13 Loudish, sporting Chanel No 5 in restaurant? Not for me, thanks
I SHOULD COCOA (LOUDISH)* COCO Chanel A fifth letter in restaurant
14 No longer continue for sure to retain book
ABYE B in AYE archaic word for continue
17 Seeing scrawled name on contract
SIGNEE (SEEING)*
18 Edge getting hot where stubble’s burnt
ARRISH ARRIS H
19 Rushed into one comfy spot, overturning screen
TRANSENNA RAN in (AN NEST)<
21 Dragonfly expert has nothing on sectarian
ODONATIST O DONATIST Donatist is an African Christian sect member
24 Cartoon character you once associated with poet
POPEYE YE after POPE Alexander
26 Local gossip because of the woman
COSHER COS HER
28 Pirate trader swallowing sovereign
KIDD KIDD{ER}
29 Difficulty speaking could be hard on a thespian
PHONASTHENIA (H ON A THESPIAN)*
30 Live in immaculate religious building
MINARET ARE in MINT
31 Country, I reckon, yielding its former currency
INDIA I TAL[L]Y lira omitted
32 Greek, say, with African ready to retreat? Not officer material
GREGARIAN GR EG NAIRA< of a soldier of common rank
DOWN
1 Go downhill when given duplicate eye examination
SKIASCOPY SKI AS COPY retinoscopy
2 Abusive term? ‘Drip’ and ‘pig’ turn up
WOSBIRD (DRIB SOW)< means whore’s bird
3 Observe no home GP wandering round hospital for heartbeat monitor
SPHYGMOPHONE SPY (NO HOME GP H)*
5 German journalist about to make statement, missing central point
REUTER RE UT{T}ER
6 Cadet with lace tangled in shoes
CALCEATED in shoes (CADET LACE)*
7 70% of builders adopting company’s room designs
DECORS half of builDERS with CO inserted
8 Acknowledgement of unfortunate discovery, dropping odd bits of much dosh
UHOH even letters mUcH dOsH
9 Chickens mostly succed easily retaining good health
COCHIN-CHINAS hens from Vietnam CHIN CHIN in COAS{T}
10 Gangsters stop mild oaths
HOODS HO ODS
15 Type of pasta, wild, outrageous one
MANICOTTI MANIC OTT I
16 Excellent road, beset by carriages, showing end of life
CHAIRDAYS (AI RD) in CHAYS
20 Sadly idle in raised foreign cash, pleading poverty
NEEDILY IDLE* in YEN<
22 Certainly native of Patagonia identifies South American resident
AYMARA AY MARA Patagonian hare
23 Muslim around observation post, the embodiment of wisdom
SOPHIA OP in SHIA the meaning of girl’s name Sophia
25 Work getting a lot of wages in Biblical port
OPHIR OP HIR{E}
27 Problem with son riding horse
SNAG S NAG
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