Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 034
A Puzzle by Bufo
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Foreword
Welcome to the thirty fourth in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have another excellent puzzle from Bufo.
The puzzle
A Puzzle by Bufo
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1 | Gays voted not very merrily to date regularly (2,6) | 1 | Bit of game to flush from cover? (6) | |
5 | A pair of TV presenters pour out wine (6) | 2 | Suffering derailments like some high-speed trains (11) | |
9 | Sought election in German city with a ruined castle (7) | 3 | You heard head of NATO has upset such ineffectual people (7) | |
10 | Eastern maiden I think highly of in Dubai? (7) | 4 | It’s amusing to send up Liberal peer (5) | |
11 | Strong beam used centrally on bridge suitable for small loads (11) | 6 | One expelled from Eton initially needing support after immoral conduct is cut short (7) | |
12 | Final score (3) | 7 | Commander’s range (3) | |
13 | Name of palace shared between two dioceses (6) | 8 | You can hear noises coming from these social networkers (8) | |
15 | A more satisfactory person to give assistance (7) | 10 | Country that’s no good for antelope to feed on (7) | |
17 | Metallic spike with the end broken off (3) | 12 | A very short spell is what the jailbird would really have preferred (2,4,2,3) | |
18 | Recognise Norman’s face, the odd-looking chap (7) | 14 | Alcohol that’s drunk in Athlone (7) | |
20 | Considers the possibility of using a quarter of a million sheets of paper (6) | 16 | Wrong about king going to Saracen’s Head for large quantities of alcohol (8) | |
23 | Man taking part in line dancing (3) | 19 | Code this to FODSZQU possibly (7) | |
24 | Focus all one’s attention on a high-density substance? (11) | 21 | Is he in France hiding gold in holiday resort? (7) | |
26 | I will boycott tyre company that’s not of the highest rank (7) | 22 | Bufo’s crossing Irish river (6) | |
28 | Attacks popular African statesman in speech (7) | 25 | Michael possibly set up an early computer (5) | |
29 | Disorganised when putting pet into another animal’s house (6) | 27 | Cell constituent found in barnacles (3) | |
30 | Lily Cole arranged a treat for a youngster (3,5) |
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