Cryptic crossword by Brominicks http://www.brominicks.wordpress.com Across 1 Reckon youngster is no longer in bed? (3,2)
4 One likely to criticize lousy nurse (9)
10 Where they make cars and parts, right in the middle of France (7)
11 Small burn running into river, possibly a sewer (6)
12 It's the wrong way to treat insect bite (4)
13 Nose around lake and loch perhaps, to find isolation (9)
14 Frequently found in temper, losing head (5)
5 Serving behind bars often, mostly I’m brought in at the last minute (2,3,4,2,4)
6 Put pressure on relative to read Russian author (7)
7 Substance – one found in prison camp (7)
8 Likelihood No.7 shows up second to last (5)
9 Fancy French goods (6) 16 Bird in lake goes up north by end of summer (9)
18 Take away part of French political leaflet (7)
19 Close together, latter half of
15 Expressly mention wandering around island (2,2,4)
17 Rearing horses by the sound of it, behind wall? (8)
20 Very steep fine (5) 22 Headhunt act full-on about blundering (9)
race could get thrown into confusion (7)
20 Pay rise in year, regrettably (6)
21 Show late goal Italy let in (7) 22 Consume power supplied by America and Europe (3,2)
23 11 loud after plugging in
To enter:
audio leads (4)
Name:
24 Volume found in Judea
Address:
rarely seen before (4,2)
25 Where Greeks are heard making advances? (7)
Email:
26 Spoke incoherently, went too
Phone:
fast say, in the middle (9)
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 July 31, 2022 to Clean Slate Crossword, Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 9AZ.
Clean Slate 123 Solution
27 Admission guard rejected at first (5)
Down 2 He's not even joining in, quite the opposite! (3,3,3)
Solution will be published in the next issue of Clean Slate.
3 Wound up at Oxford, drunk (7)
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