Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 006
Air Travel by Radler
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Foreword
Welcome to the sixth in our series of weekly puzzles.
This is the second by Radler – another of our rising stars.
Setter’s Notes
This puzzle includes a mini-theme based on 13 down, but don’t worry if you can’t solve that one to start with, as all should become apparent later.
Add a comment to let me know how you’re getting on; your feedback is appreciated and always useful to a novice like myself.
The puzzle
Air Travel by Radler
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| Across | Down | ||
| 8 | Have on state location (4) | 1 | Medication providers, doctor, nurses and mobile medic departed (10) |
| 9 | Rhetoric with nothing much put out by Spain after article there (9) | 2 | Those in command of rank and file? (8) |
| 10 | Make sure, scratching heads and shaking until… got it! (6) | 3 | New arrangement as theatre has Hollywood feature (6) |
| 11 | Opiate could be nice little earner? (8) | 4,18 | 13 rocks, boxes rocky and round (8) |
| 12 | Projection left out relatively unimportant part (8) | 5 | They expedite 13 when queen replaces punishment (8) |
| 14 | Money for pop by Jove! (6) | 6 | Please stop at the middle, for example (6) |
| 16 | Under pressure to remove drug for pain relief (4) | 7,28 | Nick’s team (8) |
| 17 | 13’s a result of pressure change (5) | 13 | Appearing top, bottom, left and right, currently heads or tails perhaps (5) |
| 18 | See 4d | 15 | Swirling elements to promote the intensity of light shower (10) |
| 19 | Land Rover? (6) | 17 | Reflex response from Belgium, missing one being addressed (5,3) |
| 21 | Glimpse of having warmth after cold periods (8) | 18 | Need 24 components put together as compound (8) |
| 23 | Bones joined at the middle? (8) | 20 | Lyrical manner needs 24 compounded with good heart (6) |
| 26 | Spring one plugged? (6) | 22 | Surprise with early growth (6) |
| 27 | Logical choice among those who break and those who fix things (9) | 24 | Show off when put on 13 (4) |
| 28 | See 7d | 25 | Creator of Adrian M’s pudding? (4) |