Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 072
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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Foreword
Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have another puzzle from our very own 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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8 | Call for two measures (4) | 1 | Deeply regret taking one lower (10) | |
9 | Tip for channel’s output (3,7) | 2 | Purley is dreadful for disorder (8) | |
10 | Publisher in endless slog for company (6) | 3 | Note resistance returns in musical device (6) | |
11 | Batty old dear with nothing in fabulous city? (8) | 4 | Personality the French find worthless (4) | |
12 | Draw the banks of scenic river (8) | 5 | Deep Purple gets stick writing for one who records their work (8) | |
14 | Briefly polite after losing nothing (6) | 6 | A practical person describes King for worshipper (6) | |
16 | Duke entertained by amateur woman (4) | 7 | Cut first to last like a cake? (4) | |
17 | Hears husky material in part of a church (5) | 13 | Call to cancel rector leaving (5) | |
18 | Stink around loud bull! (4) | 15 | Threads remain for Spooner and Scargill? (4,6) | |
19 | Order Thebes to be rebuilt (6) | 17 | High speed editing of picture’s a bargain (3,5) | |
21 | Facial hair I look for it’s said (8) | 18 | Wire Bishop to replace leader of vicars in dance (8) | |
23 | Rare find’s staggering for branch of astronomy (8) | 20 | Fear nerves may constrain something nice and little? (6) | |
26 | Set pitch (6) | 22 | Say medal’s returned for drink (6) | |
27 | Crew member has to leave after drink with queen and Charles (10) | 24 | Anti-American judgment! (4) | |
28 | Necessary to return and be fruitful (4) | 25 | Dutch banker quits Surrey town – the fool (4) |