Cryptic crossword by Brominicks
http://www.brominicks.wordpress.com Ten clues lead to solutions that include a theme word, which is ignored in their wordplay. Across 7 Cheap board – a great deal! (3,4)
3 T ight fitting batteries put in the wrong way round (4)
8 Run after dog, one with a black face? (7)
4 Criminal located outside supermarket, finally caught (10)
10 City midway between Lagos and London? (4) 11 Frenchman breaks up earth around single shrub (10) 12 Lippy character? (4-2) 14 They require helmets to go up against Surrey's foremost fast bowlers (8) 15 Renowned death sentence, subsequently proved to be wrong? (6,4,5)
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Email: Phone: The first correct entry pulled from a hat wins a £20 voucher for the CAT EcoStore – store.cat.org.uk. Please send your completed crossword entry by 30 April 2021 to Clean Slate Crossword, Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 9AZ. Solution will be published in the next issue of Clean Slate. 118 winner: Annie Dal’Santo, Glasgow.
5 One's other half's a singer that covers Queen, for example (5,3) 6 Wee wee (6) 9 Getting the better of gout's complicated (11) 13 Mushy peas (small) included in bird order (10) 16 Impound ecstasy after ransacking this place (5,3)
18 Close leading hospital department with 1-2000 in (8)
17 Small diameter fronds on this plant (8)
20 Be in control of non-stop train (6)
21 Overthrow and waste time for a second (6)
22 Mushroom advocate, surfaces green-gilled (10) 24 B ird in flight, not weightless (4) 25 One keen on getting rid of rubbish footballer (7)
19 Flash haircut (6)
23 News article about American relative (4)
Clean Slate 118 Solution
26 Bound to elect democratic leaders (7)
Down 1 Returning from one place to another African country (8) 2 Wartime poet born to England (6)
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