Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 111
A Puzzle by Gazza
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Foreword
Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
Another superb puzzle from Gazza.
The puzzle
A Puzzle by Gazza
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| Across | Down | |||
| 1 | Provision for gagging cruel old lady (4,3) | 1 | Fool around during season at training ground’s treacherous surface (7) | |
| 5 | Kill granny? On your head be it (7) | 2 | Flawed schematic gives rise to lots of questions (9) | |
| 9 | Ignorant kind rather restricted after ill-treatment (2,3,4) | 3 | Endless drink holds African runner back from going straight (7) | |
| 10 | Councillor takes on BT for example. Well done! (5) | 4 | Watts is one to follow, delighted to make PM (9) | |
| 11 | ICC pins corruption on junkets (7) | 5 | Presoak kit to cover up some flavour of India (5) | |
| 12 | Mindful of a wild beast, having lost its tail, biting surgeon (5,2) | 6 | Looks like Gregory’s after a nibble (7) | |
| 13 | Play rough – nose is running (6,3) | 7 | Natural mother’s lost shirt (5) | |
| 15 | Bird renounces love for posh married man (5) | 8 | Dominant ape is easiest to read (3,4) | |
| 17 | Dumb? I’m bodily outstanding (5) | 14 | Gave up fish and sex, gripped by iron determination at first (9) | |
| 19 | Slip up with my page (6,3) | 16 | Labour’s followers or Young Conservatives? (4,5) | |
| 22 | Revitalised Clark Kent misses riding with the Queen in his day job (7) | 17 | Temporary cover providing help for second boy in guest-house (4-3) | |
| 25 | Supplementary code is licensed for everyone in Bremen potentially (1,6) | 18 | Expression of current prospects bearing in mind anticipated resistance (4,3) | |
| 26 | Rate of interest’s one pound a month (5) | 20 | Fixes periodically once aunt learns (7) | |
| 27 | Hunter not inebriated but becoming nosey (2,3,4) | 21 | French working to cut old training scheme and tackle supporters (1-6) | |
| 28 | Is in final 16 here but gives up (7) | 23 | Kinks in conflict on intros for ‘Preservation Society’ (5) | |
| 29 | Stops sister taking over from bishop in duties (7) | 24 | Is everyone against cavities? (5) |