Salmon's Cryptic Crossword no. 27


Salmon crossword 27 grid

ACROSS

..1 . . Shun escape with prune. (6)
..5 . . Dye in charge of a lifeless era. (5)
8,22 . Mattress to tune on a bunk. (3-3)
..9 . . "Paltry" can jar. (6)
10 . . Ancient city leaves mournful wild sheep. (6)
11 . . First country zooms around royal ruler. (4)
12 . . Epicure found to have bathed on isthmus. (8)
14 . . Louvre opened with fabric. (6)
15 . . Stew, in utter defeat, about silver. (6)
16 . . Candid about art sight. (8)
18 . . On 8,22 you probably won't do this to ship. (4)
19 . . Candlestick was Scottish at one time. (6)
21 . . Cain worried in pellagra-preventive vitamin. (6)
22 . . See 8.
23 . . Inch the League beginner into the team. (5)
24 . . Sloping square follows Lewis's lion. (6)

DOWN

..2 . . Shame adheres to stirrers. (7-6)
..3 . . Conic section beats barley hop. (9)
..4 . . Water surrounds the church observer. (7)
..5 . . Dream about being supplied with weapons. (5)
..6 . . See 20.
..7 . . Examine over an angry dispute. (5-8)
13 . . Dark autumn evening. (9)
15 . . I hear there's decay under the round building. (7)
17 . . Struggle because it's parish land. (5)
20,6 . You might do this on an 8,22, Don! (3,3)


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