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The Spectator # 2457
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Answers for the following will be appreciated, please! Thanks in advance!
ACROSS: 9 Alkaloids exist with the smell of ale (almost) (10):????????E?
12 Screech from awful person rebuffed and upset (7):???L?O?
27 African leaders are sharks indeed (7): ??S??C?
37 Particular sailor nearly always interrupts (7): ?E?E???
40 Imaginary lines very present in Iceland (9): ?S?T????S
DOWN: 3 Caprine creatures aboard ship tolerated capsizing (6): S?????
10 Ten copiers editor kept initially damaged furniture (13, two words) }:
????????????K
31 Shifty louse has children (but no sons) (6): ?????E
ACROSS: 9 Alkaloids exist with the smell of ale (almost) (10):????????E?
12 Screech from awful person rebuffed and upset (7):???L?O?
27 African leaders are sharks indeed (7): ??S??C?
37 Particular sailor nearly always interrupts (7): ?E?E???
40 Imaginary lines very present in Iceland (9): ?S?T????S
DOWN: 3 Caprine creatures aboard ship tolerated capsizing (6): S?????
10 Ten copiers editor kept initially damaged furniture (13, two words) }:
????????????K
31 Shifty louse has children (but no sons) (6): ?????E
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Yes, this is a real challenge! I've got the unclueds, though I cannot be sure they're all correct and I do not quite follow the reference to the sequence, but I'll come back to that when I complete the remaining grid for which I am now seeking some hints and verifications. Hints for the following, please:
ACROSS: 11 Head king some laird raved about (5): AR?R?
25 Colour one neglected bus shelter (4): B??E
34 Classy youth taken round special estates (5):
UD?L?
DOWN: 4 Force detains baron for a month (6) :
TE?ET?
5 Arab artist binds book (4) : RE?A
30 Marsh-gas topped another one (6): ????NE
For verification, please:
15 Chap rings about American shrub (6): ??NOA? - ( Begins with M and ends witg N? )
18 Weapons scotched snakes (6) : ?K?AN? - ( Begins with S and ends with S? )
ACROSS: 11 Head king some laird raved about (5): AR?R?
25 Colour one neglected bus shelter (4): B??E
34 Classy youth taken round special estates (5):
UD?L?
DOWN: 4 Force detains baron for a month (6) :
TE?ET?
5 Arab artist binds book (4) : RE?A
30 Marsh-gas topped another one (6): ????NE
For verification, please:
15 Chap rings about American shrub (6): ??NOA? - ( Begins with M and ends witg N? )
18 Weapons scotched snakes (6) : ?K?AN? - ( Begins with S and ends with S? )