Salmon's Cryptic no.17
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ACROSS
..7...Salmon's pen admits the queen's a puzzle. (7) ..8...Macbeth's claim is a gas? (7) 10...Deform atom inside layout. (6) 11...Oil and lever lubricated. (8) 12...Lebanese port in the Tube. (4) 13...Pitch money around a smoker. (7-3) 14..."Carry On Regardless" — film. (5,3,3) 19...An old prime may be never odd or even. (9) 22...Flat as 26. (4) 23..."Get the lemons out, Henry, Henman is getting into iron!" (4-4) 24...Dear oh dear, a 19! (3-3) 25...Impatiently fling edging. (7) 26...Number nine in a stone lining. (7) |
DOWN
..1...French not into sado-masochism and too wise (say) to trouble its equivalent. (7) ..2...Mad Pete's in charge. (8) ..3...Judge it's in cricket for starters. (6) ..4...Divine Haly, even when odd! (8) ..5...Fake call to an unknown. (6) ..6...Back Pole against Tyneside's embrace. (7) ..9...It's simple and said direct. (11) 15...Weird child, on part of terrace, is shaken. (8) 16...I deny about the bird's character. (8) 17...Dad can absorb the river in a fable. (7) 18...Gathered it's almost a 19. (7) 20...Fix lunch but lose church accession. (6) 21...Involve a measure before the end. (6) |