Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 085
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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Foreword
Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we are entertained by 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.
| Across | Down | |||
| 1 | Mistake in papers collected by force (8) | 1 | Gain honour (6) | |
| 5 | Private and Brigadier originally view the Tyburn tree (6) | 2 | Two queens with a bugle regularly screech (9) | |
| 10 | Half-hearted editor is more loveable (5) | 3 | Straight men accepted media boss (8,7) | |
| 11 | Maybe sail west and east at the same time! (9) | 4 | Bring to an end riotous fun with Lily (7) | |
| 12 | Confined a fabulous bird in glass case (9) | 6 | Tin mine investor prepared economic policy (15) | |
| 13 | Religious type witnessed in Canberra Station (5) | 7 | Composer’s joy (5) | |
| 14 | Company reorganisation after losing millions in cover (6) | 8 | Support new age rebel leader identifying youth (8) | |
| 15 | Wrap found by girl on boy (7) | 9 | It may be hard to contact the States (6) | |
| 18 | Extreme satisfaction of the French style (7) | 16 | Aghast when outstanding Conservative is outed by leader in the papers (9) | |
| 20 | Repair damaged uterus (6) | 17 | Head of Police in a case is flexible (8) | |
| 22 | Simple old Governor moving left (5) | 19 | Lout returns to support prostitute (a high spirited girl) (6) | |
| 24 | Approach first man of faith (9) | 20 | Meet to speak about injured fist (7) | |
| 25 | Arrogant and critical saint becomes a troublemaker (9) | 21 | Vacuous sexologist has final word identifying reproductive organ (6) | |
| 26 | 1,500,101,000 in a manner of speaking (5) | 23 | Particle identified in radical phase (5) | |
| 27 | Space cut out for permit (6) | |||
| 28 | Fancy that man, the fielder behind the bowler? He’s a Greek hero (8) |