Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 047
A Puzzle by Tilsit
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Foreword
Welcome to the forty seventh in our series of weekly puzzles.
Tilsit finished this one off from his hospital bed in Huddersfield!
The puzzle
A Puzzle by Tilsit
There is an interactive version of the puzzle here.
If you prefer your puzzles on paper, a pdf of the puzzle an be downloaded from the interactive version.
| Across | Down | |||
| 5/7 | Name personal ad that turned out to feature her! (6,8) | 1 | Worm that turned flat in bud (8) | |
| 9 | Die while enjoying most of a smart infusion. (8) | 2 | Legendary journalist replaced end of sticky-backed plastic. (6) | |
| 10 | Test for botulism revealed once stench has gone. (6) | 3 | Devotee’s denial of action here and now? (8) | |
| 11 | No odd fixture turned out to feature them? (6.6) | 4 | Blustered about brief cover with Miliband? (6) | |
| 13 | Test for gold by hand (6) | 6 | Supplement former Biblical place held by Queen. (8) | |
| 15 | Reported Queen’s pigeons found in kitchen? (6) | 7 | Natural producer of decaffeinated coffee? (6) | |
| 18 | Surfers’ paradise? (8,4) | 8 | Music? Take food of love back! (4) | |
| 21 | Suppress correspondence return to the French (6) | 12 | What flirting around involves? (8) | |
| 22 | Leave shadow right after shock (4,4) | 14 | Recently had coffee before finish of dinner party in Luxembourg. (8) | |
| 23/24 | American joiner feted Beckham cross (8,6) | 16 | Literally K for Kir! (8) | |
| 17 | Soak in container from off the Greek mainland, perhaps (6) | |||
| 18 | Entrance one currently in Florida (6) | |||
| 19 | Measure bottom half of bedroom furniture cover (6) | |||
| 20 | Stella crafted using pasta recipe (4) |
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