Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 080
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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Foreword
Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have another excellent puzzle from Prolixic!
The puzzle
A Puzzle by Prolixic
There is an interactive version of the puzzle here.
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| Across | Down | |||
| 1 | When small, I may be played by air-guitarist (9,6) | 1 | State body shows off police procedures (8.7) | |
| 9 | Golfer gets a new toilet (5) | 2 | Rabbis regularly building muscles (3) | |
| 10 | One, for example, may provide illumination (9) | 3 | Lead-free fuel’s right for a fire-lighter (7) | |
| 11 | Prostitute gets a set of books about fruit (6) | 4 | Processed peas found in church (4) | |
| 13 | Hat carrier’s old source of pain (7) | 5 | Greeting Peckham trader in song (5) | |
| 15 | Musician’s about to head back (5) | 6 | Garrotters are not pretty women (4,3) | |
| 16 | Great control for a player (5,4) | 7 | Tramp with cane moves down South to get seeds (6,5) | |
| 18 | Flavour from hot aspic I prepared (9) | 8 | Looking back maybe respect vile Tory (15) | |
| 20 | Northern Thailand leaves ecumenical body (5) | 12 | Main sitcom’s broadcast – The Good Life? (11) | |
| 21 | Beer I hesitate to return in North London (7) | 14 | Water absorbed by Morello Cherry (4) | |
| 23 | Carbon said to protect tree (6) | 17 | Regularly gallop with enthusiasm (4) | |
| 25 | Refined cry of joy by friendly goblin during performance (9) | 19 | Soldier in West Coast city supports volunteers returning in state capital (7) | |
| 26 | A little time with Old Dean (5) | 20 | Coalite ground up in herbal medicine (7) | |
| 28 | Artificially change name for representative – one getting in with compassion (15) | 22 | The Passover – Time to have a change of heart (5) | |
| 24 | Run back to check (4) | |||
| 27 | Love Ulster’s transport system (3) |