Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 064
64 by Anax
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Foreword
Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have a themed puzzle from Anax.
The puzzle
A Puzzle by Anax
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 | |||
| 7 | Bird sees round butt as place for funny shorts (until ’64) (6,5) | 1 | Book extract to make light of? (6) | |
| 9 | Accept evidence of unfinished snooker table? (3) | 2 | On border, dig a spectacular new ’64 crossing (5,4,6) | |
| 11 | Do over – about time (3) | 3 | National Organisation of Car-Booters (5-5) | |
| 12 | Brown welcomes serenades in ’64 new town (11) | 4 | My name applied to article about another name I use (6) | |
| 13 | Hatch-back one fast driver returned (it wasn’t his!) (4,3) | 5 | River Island’s empty shops? One is opening (4) | |
| 14 | Bomb unit, say, boarding coaster – OK? (7) | 6 | Football club in continual turmoil? Not unusual! (15) | |
| 16/17 | Leader of House is no Law Lord masquerading as PM in ’64 (6,6) | 8 | Shocked as suspect keeps dry in scrap (7) | |
| 19 | Furniture store (new in ’64) with hotel rather close by (7) | 10 | Outstanding news on a young woman (6) | |
| 21 | Official thing husband finds cool (7) | 15 | She danced around aging fellow in ’64 Bond film (10) | |
| 23 | Indie band playing in a rock institute (11) | 17 | Way outside ring-road, one’s lost, using plenty of gas? (7) | |
| 25 | Go downhill and jump with determination? (3) | 18 | 27’s replacement in ’64, but he’s unusually content (3,3) | |
| 26 | Horse and badger (3) | 20 | Worthless old bass acquired by Charlie (3-3) | |
| 27 | Working hard, ideally, folded paper in ’64 (5,6) | 22 | Barnet prostitute about to expose duke (6) | |
| 24 | Leather passport that man carries (4) |
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