Crossword

el sereno

T represents one or more of a kind

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1 Area of ship that may be occupied by a fed up T? (4,3) 5 Parley about one type of T (7) 9 Appropriate European vote on a nation’s borders (5) 10 Revolutionary principal first applied to Paine regularly (9) 11 Students of T dressing to do works across line (13) 13 T initially expecting to be accepted by theologian, must be frustrated (6) 16 Dire Straits keeping time at last for dancers, say (8) 18 Natural boundary offering advantage in hotel dispute (8) 19 Unusual Monday sort of person full of energy (6) 24 T’s case accepted by equine enthusiast (5,8) 26 T type that’s always common? (9) 27 A ship attached to line with old rope (5) 28 Get going as sun’s set to the west (5,2) 29 Device for measuring time by female (for example) worker (7) 1 Told off, having lost love for American getting burnt (7) 2 Sticks around at home, seeing these may bite (7) 3 Ali perhaps may get T with the queen (5) 4 Faulty relay - why broadcast frequency? (6) 5 Plates for warhorses (8) 6 Mother producing essential requirement? (9) 7 Contrasts requirements for fencing (5) 8 Creature subsequently switching ends (5) 12 T must underpin middle of the wheel (4) 14 People run to the bottom for T (4) 15 Look at clever plant (9) 17 Hope 12 sacked domestic! (4,4) 20 State of mind upsetting men in continent (7) 21 Military settlement’s unfashionable job (7) 22 Drinks outside hotel generating complaints (6) 23 Force lacking uniform apparel (5) 24 Animal that’s holy without and venal within (5) 25 When up, soundly defeats T (5)

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Moron crossword 411

Across

1 Decorative moulding on wall (6) 4 Soft fruit with stone (5) 8 Kingdom; sphere (5) 9 First; sign (7) 10 Hip scan (anag) (7) 11 Dole (out) (4) 12 Organ; attention (3) 14 Recognise (4) 15 Enthusiastic (4) 18 Objective (3) 21 Effortless (4) 23 Withdraw (7) 25 Ply, commute (7) 26 Legal defence (5) 27 Recover; mobilise (5) 28 Adjournment (6)

Down

1 Woodland (6) 2 European language (7) 3 Rhodesia now (8) 4 Bucket (4) 5 Similar (5) 6 Divided by 2 (6) 7 Former church tax (5) 13 Clothing industry (3,5) 16 To list (7) 17 Incense burner (6) 19 Desiccated (5) 20 Moral values (6) 22 Cranium (5) 24 Remain (4) Genius 409 solution

Winner: Jeff Retallic, Crowthorne, Berkshire Runners-up: Morag Niven, Monifieth, Angus; Colin P Boyce, Heathfield, East Sussex

Moron 409 solution. Across: 1 Cough, 4 Hiccup (coffee cup), 9 Climate, 10 Renal, 11 Even, 12 Digress, 13 Try, 14 Arch, 16 Test, 18 Axe, 20 Aimless, 21 Sent, 24 Duvet, 25 Deliver, 26 Paling, 27 Maybe. Down: 1 Cachet, 2 Unite, 3 Heat, 5 Irrigate, 6 Confess, 7 Polish, 8 Needy, 13 Threaten, 15 Removal, 17 Laid up, 18 Aside, 19 Starve, 22 Envoy, 23 Clam.