Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 074
A Puzzle by Radler
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Foreword
Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have a puzzle from Radler – and there is no theme!
Setters Notes
Some of the solutions may be a little obscure, but a pattern should emerge to help.
26a & 5d are not in Chambers, but may be found online.
The puzzle
A Puzzle by Radler
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 | Native American taken aback, turn for round down under (4) | 1 | Wheels attached to artist after one of pair went to make a robot (10) | |
9 | Pneumatic motor broken down by rain in Spain for example (3-6) | 2 | Tops exposing bare tits! (8) | |
10 | Austrian strains back, perhaps Bob’s lacking substance orthopedically (6) | 3 | Pruned Bonsais, sacrificing climbing tree (6) | |
11 | Badly slip up, house red initially looking rather like claret (8) | 4 | Pussycat died, requires epitaph (4) | |
12 | A salt tax, then a redress (8) | 5 | Drive with burst tyre, anywhere but here (8) | |
14 | Beast was lacking tail. Mine’s got one (6) | 6 | Excite with contraception, although used up (6) | |
16 | Disguises leader of gang with woman’s clothing (4) | 7 | Combines leg-over with sexual initiation (4) | |
17 | Clothing range (5) | 13 | Passionately aroused, stripped for money (5) | |
18 | Pilgrim’s journey Jack’s done first (4) | 15 | Island supplied with bait could provide dry dock perhaps (5,5) | |
19 | One selling against target requiring gold (6) | 17 | See you in Monte Carlo (2,6) | |
21 | Casual mention of work let the cat out of the bag (twice) (4,4) | 18 | Yet has success affected other (8) | |
23 | Thrusts from below – erect and naughty – have sex non-stop (8) | 20 | Nerds, you and I getting involved with young ladies (6) | |
26 | So, a length of palm (6) | 22 | Blooming work without time to excel (6) | |
27 | Needed fiddle with a big black tool (9) | 24 | Vessel for tea bags left to brew (4) | |
28 | Shipshape and prepare to sail from dock (4) | 25 | Main question for system of exchange (4) |