Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 060
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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Foreword
Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have the latest puzzle from Prolixic.
The puzzle
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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.
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| 1 | Heartlessly badmouths complex medical procedures? (3,5) | 1 | Copies notes on civil service (6) | |
| 5 | Support for Golden Orb? (6) | 2 | Storage space reduced for Italian wine controller (3) | |
| 9 | Soften as friend hugs tree (8) | 3 | Nouveau riche owns things of gold (5) | |
| 10 | Tip alien for 12 (6) | 4 | Hard sprouts pared and boiled for 12 (7) | |
| 12 | Rich leader accepts award (5) | 6 | Governor’s for and against short temper (9) | |
| 14 | Rodin initially rejected pretty poor design for model (9) | 7 | 12 in the outskirts of Derby (5) | |
| 15 | Prudish boy leaves 12 (6) | 8 | Pulls back from harbours (8) | |
| 17 | Run back after hell’s pervert (7) | 11 | Link notes not hard (4) | |
| 20 | White line’s received by party (3,4) | 13 | Prime number – 23rd in the USA (5) | |
| 22 | Blacksmith’s 12 (6) | 16 | Silly nerds can’t excel (9) | |
| 24 | Acts to cut legal documents (5,4) | 18 | Old spirit’s mixed for African native (5) | |
| 26 | Colonel in Belgium’s oddly quiet (5) | 19 | Don’s of no practical use (8) | |
| 27 | Rotten game holds back 12 (6) | 21 | Light infantry working for 12 (4) | |
| 28 | Pirate – one in a murder possibly (8) | 22 | Climbing plant pruned in tub for 12 (7) | |
| 30 | Canons strip head to toe (6) | 23 | Place in the Seychelles for 12 (6) | |
| 31 | Character studies got Hoyle perplexed (8) | 25 | Bailiff beheaded for 12 (5) | |
| 26 | Head over for 12 (5) | |||
| 29 | Some in Paris love Flanders and Swann? (3) |
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