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ACROSS 1 Hairy fawn, mostly alert after one intrudes CRINIGEROUS I in CRINGE ROUS[e] 11 Expel judge from tournament contest OUST [j]OUST 12 US politician recalled reduction in grievance VEEP PEEV[e]< 13 Jazz … Read more >>

ACROSS 1 Court giving year to unscrupulous character    CHANCERY CHANCER + Y 6 Pound snatched by poor, that’s clear   BALD L in BAD 9 Religious adherent following two lines of St … Read more >>

Exellent brain exercise as always   ACROSS 1  Herbaceous plant showing dark spot? Always one    MACLEAYA MACLE AY A  macle is a dark spot in a crystal 6  Mordant and reprehensible  BASE … Read more >>

All done except explanation for 5 down … are assi supports?   ACROSS 1   (Print expert getting trophy working with page? Right) TYPOGRAPHER  (TROPHY PAGE R)* 10 (Independent article about one man … Read more >>

Another tough call this week from the prince of the fallen angels   Across 1  Painter’s coloured in nonsense BOSCH    C in BOSH 6  Newspaper’s to follow the crowd RAGTAG    RAG+TAG … Read more >>

Across 1       How youth get carried away? There’s benefit around new theatre SNAKEBOARDS N in SAKE  + BOARDS  (not in Chambers) 11     Supporting beam, very much  still alive … Read more >>

? This puzzle is cleverly and wittily misleading in places such as 25down ( )* = anagram    [ ] = omitted    < = reversed Across 2 Crises? Energy and information used … Read more >>

Couple of unresolved issues at 12across and 24across ( )* = anagram    < = reverse    [ ] = omitted    dd = double definition Across 2    I chance upsetting one … Read more >>

Some rare gems are revealed in the answers of this week’s puzzle ( )* = anagram    [ ] = omitted    < = reversed Across 1   It’s mostly separate, and also … Read more >>

Following the lead of some of the others who blog prize crosswords I’ve included the clues. Would welcome feedback to see if it was worth the effort. < reverse     ( )* … Read more >>

Beelzebub has certainly thrown down the gauntlet with this cruciverbal challenge *  anagram    dd  double definition   () omitted   < reverse ACROSS 2  JUSTE MILIEU IM JULIET SUE* 9  NAPPE NAPPE(R) … Read more >>

As always Beelzebub provides variety with clarity. *=anag   <=reversed    ( )=dropped ACROSS 1   SEPTET PTE in SET 5   SLUICE SLU(b) +ICE 10  ASPERSIONS AS + I in PERSONS 12 … Read more >>