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Crossword No. 1707

by
07 February 2025

Across

1 Rampant lie disturbed legislative assembly (10)

7 Monarch’s flag frayed at the edges (4)

9 Bishops’ photo capturing real time at sea (8)

10 29 in Switzerland on both sides of old city (6)

11 Grave-clothes once enshrouding second person (3,3)

13 Nurse attending lymph node, say, in country centred on London (7)

15 Special piano built under bishops’ direction (12)

19 This form of church government may be seen as best in prayer (12)

22 Tax secure north of border (8)

24 Female club month in Tel Aviv (6)

25 Lewd umpire thrown out (6)

27 Speaker first to introduce old biblical musical (8)

29 Star Trek captain’s place of worship (4)

30 Maybe work to rule making 13 + 22 = 1 (3,2,5)

 

Down

2 Zeppelins! Is parish damaged? (8)

3 Very funny text regularly seen in L’pool … (3)

4 … not so amusing at first up in Birmingham suburb (5)

5 Former partner on Med island exchanging English for American waste material (7)

6 Twitch hearing sound of beating (3)

7 Regretful drinkers carrying cake for Ethiopian Patriarch (5)

8 Bounder in wrong over batteries (6)

12 Small bunch of flowers upset PC manager (5)

14 Consequence of crime apparently gilded, we hear (5)

16 Last letter of Greek gives partial description of 11a (5)

17 Old Scandinavian smell drifting around river (5)

18 Friend on sort of acid and horse (8)

20 Teaching qualification leads to position supporting rest (7)

21 Fishy food swindle gets on top of private detective (6)

23 Business car in New York (5)

24 Mark female clerical attire (5)

26 Letter’s anticipated arrival time for worker in Japan (3)

28 Confess being depressed when daughter has left (3)

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