Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 067
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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Foreword
Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week Prolixic returns to entertain us.
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.
| Across | Down | |||
| 1 | Modern battles rendered in mathematical form? (10,3) | 2 | Southern American in a lawsuit after losing independence (7) | |
| 10 | Base used by florists’ group (5) | 3 | Agent performed with James returning in poor condition (9) | |
| 11 | Makes new searches harbouring terrible evil (9) | 4 | Spear a sand eel (5) | |
| 12 | Bishop in measures with Queen’s hunters (9) | 5 | Lovely virgin has gone astray (9) | |
| 13 | Opening for setter returning (5) | 6 | Showy person, one notedly from Amsterdam (5) | |
| 14 | Scaly psoriasis described song (7) | 7 | Relax and inwardly annoys the upper classses (4,3) | |
| 16 | Fair son represented to that degree (7) | 8 | Read fine lesson book without introduction for sweet retailer (13) | |
| 18 | Dip in road back to river – not quite! (7) | 9 | Emission ratio adjusted in chemical process (13) | |
| 20 | Soldier’s t-tales for attendants (7) | 15 | Defeat for American striker supporting left (9) | |
| 22 | Regularly need lairs for winter pear (5) | 17 | Rocket storage facility (5,4) | |
| 24 | Tactless mother’s boy not starting legal claim (9) | 19 | Paul informally adopts small boy in region of Malaysia (7) | |
| 26 | Soldiers hesitate taking map in new deal (9) | 21 | Solve one number in retreat (4,3) | |
| 27 | Old car (v2) sent away for moulding (5) | 23 | Drug hit (5) | |
| 28 | Recipe of cathedral cook found in 8? (4,9) | 25 | 14a covered by Billy Rich (5) |
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