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Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 SUMMONED Called managing director about one after an amount of money (8) (MD outside ONE) after SUM 5 STABLE Small piece of furniture is solid (6) S + TABLE 9 LUNATIC Ulna broken by … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 TOSSED SALAD Oddest salsa transformed side dish (6,5) Anagram of ODDEST SALSA 9 SCARRED Small vehicle, a light colour, is damaged? (7) S + CAR + RED 10 REVOLVE Turn round churchman against misplaced … Continue reading →

  Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 BOARD Executive group should be drilled according to auditor (5) Sounds like BORED 4 ASK FOR IT Invite trouble as “King and I” played in building with tight security (3,3,2) AS + K … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 PASSAGE Silver lining used in dated part of book (7) AG inside PASSE 5 GRIPPE Crook pop singer not affected by son’s influenza (6) Anagram of POP SINGER minus SON 9 CARDS Vehicle died … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 SPRUCE Well-dressed timber (6) Double Definition 4 RANSOMED Some in South African capital may be set free (8) SOME inside RAND 9 CHAIRED Looked after meeting’s tea and wine (7) CHAI + RED 11 … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 SCHEMES Men, before finishing in chess, developed strategies (7) (ME)n inside anagram of CHESS 5 PREAMP Piano salesperson moved around AM stereo equipment (6) P + REP outside AM 9 A-FLAT Group of football … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 WELL-KEPT Clean, healthy pet, wrongly injected with potassium (4-4) WELL + anagram of PET outside K 5 STOCKS Handle small investments (6) STOCK + S 10 NONE TOO Group of nine rings? Hardly! (4,3) … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 FORMAT Arrangement beneficial to friend isn’t quite complete (6) FOR + (MAT)e 5 PICK Player of strings is a ground-breaker (4) Double Definition 9 OUTED Versatile vehicle used in middle of flooding may be … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 RECAP Top performer in public relations returned review (5) (ACE inside PR) reversed 4 DEPOSITOR Editor mistaken about pressure applied to overseas investment banker (9) Anagram of EDITOR outside (P + OS) 9 TALLIED … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 MOTHER LODE Main vein remaining close to normal during procedure (6,4) [OTHER + norma(L)] inside MODE 7 GLAD Happy place in a forest that’s clear mostly (4) (GLAD)e 10 HELLENIC Hot spot excited nice … Continue reading →