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Cryptic Crossword No. 24564
set by Brendan
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Blanks
Line 1: A - O
Line 2: B - D - F - H - J - L - N
Line 3: J
Line 4: B - D - F - H - J - L - N
Line 5: F
Line 6: B - D - E - F - H - J - L - M - N
Line 7: H
Line 8: B - D - F - G - H - I - J - L - N
Line 9: H
Line 10: B - C - D - F - H - J - K - L - N
Line 11: J
Line 12: B - D - F - H - J - L - N
Line 13: F
Line 14: B - D - F - H - J - L - N
Line 15: A - O
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| Across | | 1(1B) | Writer and US president enraged university here (4,5,4) | | 10(3A) | Swing band with a cellist, unusually (9) | | 11(3K) | Bones found in river two years after the Massacre of the Innocents? (5) | | 12(5A) | As seen in Kenya, large antelope (5) | | 13(5G) | Between New Year in one country and summer in another, have food and a private meeting (4-1-4) | | 14(7A) | Woman in 20s who's not staying cool? (7) | | 16(7I) | Each year I would take off and let go (4,3) | | 18(9A) | Managed to fire rifle (7) | | 20(9I) | Abandoned respect for royal staff (7) | | 21(11A) | Completely mistaken, also exhausted (3,3,3) | | 23(11K) | Animal first over threshold of ark (5) | | 24(13A) | Among minor masterpieces, Bellini's work (5) | | 25(13G) | Hesitant expression about member playing one instrument (9) | | 26(15B) | Me and thee somehow composed old song (4,5,4) |
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| Down | | 2(1C) | Not for the first time ocean damaged net (4,5) | | 3(1E) | Low mark for big mouth (5) | | 4(1G) | Advertisement more suitable for trans-formational device (7) | | 5(1I) | Dance performed by Armstrong? (3-4) | | 6(1K) | Give legal status to supporting African country's energy (9) | | 7(1M) | Part of mountain is cold place - zero Fahrenheit on top (5) | | 8(2A) | Head in direction of compass reading? Exactly! (5,3,5) | | 9(2O) | What a recidivist does, repeatedly (4,5,4) | | 15(7E) | Verlaine's rhymes for ugly woman (5,4) | | 17(7M) | Head off most prejudice and social exclusion (9) | | 19(9G) | King currently welcoming medical group showing expertise (4-3) | | 20(9I) | Release group without charge (3,4) | | 22(11C) | Doctor's orders, having this part of the body covered (5) | | 23(11K) | Assassin of commander-in-chief and army general (5) |
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