Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 057
A puzzle by Qix
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Foreword
Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
Qix has set a puzzle of comparable difficulty to a regular back-page puzzle.
The puzzle
A puzzle by Qix
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 | |||
| 1 | Soldiers involved in playing drums for Colonel? (7) | 1 | Mineral found in outskirts of Minorca (4) | |
| 5 | Heading for shed (7) | 2 | Fish with small head (7) | |
| 9 | Hotel girls dance exotically, without nudity at first (9) | 3 | A plane with oxygen for China? (5) | |
| 10 | Writer from French opposition (5) | 4 | Brownie points out accommodation? (3-5) | |
| 11 | You or I, perhaps, join profession (13) | 5 | Polyclitus, primarily, is an old sculptor (6) | |
| 13 | Swift destruction of Port Said? (8) | 6 | Memorable day for socialist landlord (3-6) | |
| 15 | Way to return opera to large venues (6) | 7 | Non-believer drops penny inside the circle (7) | |
| 17 | Police surround empty house of Egyptian leader (6) | 8 | Fanciful Greek atlas showing Michigan and Ontario, for example (5,5) | |
| 19 | Game with 23 between the French and English (8) | 12 | Whip mushrooms up on the French shows (10) | |
| 22 | Two fools lead one country to liquidation (13) | 14 | Medic holds unusual isotope for investor (9) | |
| 25 | Saving without a minimum (5) | 16 | Acne? Mail-ordered lotion (8) | |
| 26 | Sell off, i.e. vast rip-off? (9) | 18 | Catch sloppy tanneries missing it out (7) | |
| 27 | One who fleeces ex-footballer? (7) | 20 | English teacher and students get up at dawn (7) | |
| 28 | For the audience, I tax 12 (7) | 21 | Preserve DNA dropped by criminal (6) | |
| 23 | Angry hijacker needs no introduction (5) | |||
| 24 | A sly look at “The King’s Speech”? (4) |
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