Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 075
A Puzzle by Boaz
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Foreword
Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have another cheeky puzzle from Boaz. If you enjoyed his last puzzle, then I hope you will find this one is even better.
The puzzle
A Puzzle by Boaz
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 | Flower taken in by Mr. Humphrey was an official Downing Street one (6) | 2 | Beach found to the east of Utah? (5) | |
| 5 | Team with monogrammed taps in the changing room? (4,4) | 3 | Upset staff in Swindon content to smell (5) | |
| 9 | KP lived with a hairy bowler from India (5,3) | 4 | Possibly duck out of Soviet rally, say (3,4) | |
| 10 | Like Pamela’s rear and the heart of Jodie Marsh (6) | 5 | The rich and old do it (4,3) | |
| 11 | Hold 55.5? (4,6) | 6 | Flanders King is first to be educated (7) | |
| 12 | Every other bench hook is an imitation (4) | 7 | Scene with mom is shot after cold starts (9) | |
| 13 | Ordering extra fat is not gross (5,3) | 8 | Doctor Who regeneration is shown on the BBC (9) | |
| 16 | Door frames caught Spock? (6) | 14 | Experiment with green-screen (5-4) | |
| 17 | Fought North Carolina in pasture (6) | 15 | Non-stop flight from Alsace diverted to Romanian capital (9) | |
| 19 | Bet on team that’s bottom (8) | 18 | Cover up girl’s predicament (7) | |
| 21 | I would love trainee to become a star (4) | 19 | Little girl fights for several rounds (7) | |
| 22 | O, Romeo, did he send one to Juliet? (4-6) | 20 | Mustard maybe firm to Blair without one (7) | |
| 25 | What’s behind the crack reduced ’em to rubble, I heard (6) | 23 | Express dissatisfaction with gold coach (5) | |
| 26 | Starter consists of Italian gin, and on it – nuts (8) | 24 | Remind the First Lady to box well (5) | |
| 27 | Celebrity fights for a picture of Guinness (4,4) | |||
| 28 | Chubbier without one? Probably the opposite (6) |