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Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 SALTBUSH Plant located in arid region arranged last bus in front of hotel (8) Anagram of LAST + BUS + H 5 ASYLUM Harbour city ultimately forming part of a poor area (6) cit(Y) … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 PILGRIMAGE Part of a book about the Italian forbidding religious journey (10) PAGE outside (IL + GRIM) 6 ACID Bitter cold contracted by helper (4) C inside AID 10 RUN-UP Hastily make an approach … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 CUT NO ICE Rough count that is about 100 failed to impress (3,2,3) Anagram of COUNT + (IE outside C) 5 SCRIPT Drunken inspector ignoring one doctor’s instruction (6) Anagram of INSPECTOR minus ONE … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 BEDSPACE A follower escaped in disguise with hotelier’s offering (8) B + anagram of ESCAPED 5 SCRAPS Breaks up fights (6) Double Definition 9 NAPOLEON North Pole fortified by a functioning French general (8) … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 RUBBLE Two billion collected by government remains (6) BB inside RULE 4 PROTESTS Objects and worthless stuff carried by troublesome people (8) ROT inside PESTS 9 METHAMPHETAMINE Ice, say, received with meat the pieman … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 GERMAN MEASLES Manager seems upset about onset of Lyme disease (6,7) Anagram of MANAGER SEEMS outside (L)yme 9 DISCERN Uncoordinated dancer is missing out on a spot (7) Anagram of DANCER IS minus A … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 ESTEEM High achiever deals with withdrawn credit (6) E + (MEETS reversed) 5 TACKLES Has a go at gutless clerk in accounts? (7) C(ler)K inside TALES 9 GOLDEN TRIANGLE Source of drugs, noted girl, … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 DUGITE Snake grasped it easily at the start (6) DUG + IT + (E)asily 4 MANDATES Individual determines the age of charges (8) MAN + DATES 9 SKATE Runner and swimmer (5) Double Definition … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 LIFE SPAN Decrypted files criticise maximum time spent working (4,4) Anagram of FILES + PAN 5 PAROLE Conditionally release play without every second part (6) P(l)A(y) + ROLE 10 CLAMOUR Cold ending of political … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 BUCKLE DOWN Stud was first to have to make a determined effort (6,4) BUCK + LED + OWN 6 DEED Act’s text published in trade editions (4) traDE EDitions 10 BERMUDA TRIANGLE Mature bird … Continue reading →