Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 015
A puzzle by Bufo
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Foreword
Welcome to the sixteenth in our series of weekly puzzles.
While sitting in the White Horse, Parson’s Green with Bufo, he suddenly said “I’ll compile a puzzle for you, Dave”. None of the usual arm-twisting or blackmail (I put that bit in for Prolixic and Gnomethang!). Well, here is that puzzle, and a very enjoyable one it is too.
The puzzle
A Puzzle by Bufo
If you prefer your puzzles on paper, click on the grid to download a pdf of the puzzle.
Additionally there is an interactive version of the puzzle here
| Across | Down | ||
| 1 | Crazy people use cocaine first and marijuana second (9) | 1 | It could be me being irritated by dispute about new leader in Downing Street (9,6) |
| 6 | Key symptom of scabies is something very unpleasant (5) | 2 | Just over half of sitcom can be seen in Scottish town (5) |
| 9 | Can ordinary diesel be produced from this? Yes and no (7) | 3 | Flat-bottomed vessel from a German port reportedly (4) |
| 10 | One’s mother possibly describing a park in Richmond in speech (3,4) | 4 | What Mr Ernst has is something left over (7) |
| 11 | Mineral that is found in Regents Park…. (4) | 5 | Whose pan is less hot when cooking mangetout? (4,3) |
| 12 | ….and another that is found in Hyde Park (10) | 6 | A spa so good they named it twice? (5-5) |
| 14 | The Corrs – a smashing group of musicians (9) | 7 | See the chart-topping singer perform in comic opera (3,6) |
| 17 | An attempt to cause embarrassment (5) | 8 | Attractive object that brings good luck? (9,6) |
| 18 | Compel king to enter place of ill repute (5) | 13 | A president set out to be dull (10) |
| 19 | How can you be out of beer unexpectedly after a single game? (3,6) | 15 | Is this ethnic area part of the Potteries? (9) |
| 21 | Steals more unusual rubber-like substances (10) | 16 | Regret being heartlessly cruel? On the contrary (3) |
| 22 | Bishop leaves bicycle in front of a furniture store (4) | 19 | Tells stories about cat in French city (7) |
| 25 | Possibly warning other road users in part of London (7) | 20 | Travel about large state to procure fabric used in sportswear (4-3) |
| 26 | Ground worried trainer (7) | 23 | Set up joke about a village in Africa (5) |
| 27 | Enzyme setting you back less than a tenner? (5) | 24 | Language used by Monsieur Dupont (4) |
| 28 | One sibling lay back and allowed intercourse to start (9) |