Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 005
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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Foreword
Welcome to the fifth in our series of weekly puzzles.
This is the second by Prolixic – one of our rising stars.
Setter’s Notes
I had so much fun setting the first crossword and seeing the responses, I thought it would be worth having another go. Your views may vary!
This puzzle is a straightforward crossword with no theme, so should be easier than the first one that appeared a few weeks ago. Once again, I have tried to include a range of clues to cater for all ranges of ability. I hope that it feels like a Telegraph crossword as this is what I was trying to achieve.
Thanks are due to Gnomethang and Big Dave for their comments on the first draft.
The puzzle
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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| Across | Down | ||
| 1 | Body of accountant and Catholic found by a ship? (7) | 1 | Short pretty girl’s sword (7) |
| 5 | Such trouble arises from boisterous rule breaking (7) | 2 | Stock-taker throws a stone as a means of measuring … (5) |
| 9 | Play electronic dance music embracing ELO comeback (9) | 3 | … the extent of fields a native American buried silver in (7) |
| 10 | Cleaner fellow quit, put off (5) | 4 | Ann tossed broken rock (9) |
| 11 | What’s due when getting b-behind (7) | 5 | Sweats over missing one and frets (5) |
| 12 | Antiseptic medical soap’s in fashion we hear (7) | 6 | Get changed to compensate (7) |
| 13 | Health resort’s church is out of this world (5) | 7 | A risky situation – working to find what’s across the pond following a short cold snap? (2,4,3) |
| 15 | Former pupil’s hearing “Compulsion” (9) | 8 | Old Baptist preacher quietly goes to see a specialist (7) |
| 17 | Ben argues excitedly, “It’s between a genus and a species” (9) | 14 | Chamber Pearl kept old preserve in (5,4) |
| 19 | Credit letter for salad ingredient (5) | 16 | Film society gets roles allocated around a couple of cuties (9) |
| 21 | In Blackburn outsider’s suffering from stress (4,3) | 17 | U-boat message’s hidden meaning? (7) |
| 23 | Dealers unusually arrested without a hint of ecstasy (7) | 18 | Green sort’s adapted to its environment (7) |
| 25 | Oriental men back unknown opponent (5) | 19 | Brazilian aardvark’s no good for fur, for example (7) |
| 26 | Throw dice with utter scrupulousness (9) | 20 | Stop backing American budget (7) |
| 27 | Briefly see after rest perhaps (7) | 22 | Wait for sailor by railway (5) |
| 28 | Whisper Edward’s been seen (7) | 24 | Bridge player’s game exercises boil over (5) |