|
Across | 1 | | Small South African antelope,
Raphicerus campestris (8) |
| 6 | | Type of lift in which the weight
is raised from the floor to an
overhead position in one movement (6) |
| 9 | | Flat sea urchin of shallow coastal
waters (4,6) |
| 10 | | Kent coastal town, eight miles
south of Ramsgate (4) |
| 11 | | First cricketer to score 2,000
runs and take 200 wickets in Test
matches (6,6) |
| 13 | | In brewing and distilling, a
mixture of crushed malt and hot
water (4) |
| 14 | | Leguminous Asian plant,
Phaseolus aureus, or its
seeds, grown for forage (4,4) |
| 17 | | In prosody, having a foot of two
long syllables (8) |
| 18 | | German name for Vienna (4) |
| 20 | | Award given for gaining the same
boxing title three times in
succession (8,4) |
| 23 | | Especially in US, a fixed stake
put down by a poker player,
usually before the deal (4) |
| 24 | | Mild, white Italian cheese with a
springy texture, originally made
from buffalo's milk (10) |
| 25 | | Plant of the wood-sorrel genus,
closely related to the Geranium
family (6) |
| 26 | | Skin eruption, often accompanied
by fever (8) |
|
Down | 2 | | Desert, also called the Great
Indian (4) |
| 3 | | Opiate-like substance produced by
the brain and the pituitary gland
with pain-killing properties (9) |
| 4 | | In North America, a wild or half-
tamed horse (6) |
| 5 | | Editor of The Sun newspaper
1981-94 (6,9) |
| 6 | | Slow Spanish dance or dance tune (8) |
| 7 | | Surname of the poet who wrote the
couplet ‘If equal affection cannot
be / Let the more loving one be me’ (5) |
| 8 | | Curdled, clotted, or thickened
into a semisolid mass (10) |
| 12 | | Soap actress born Patricia
Frederica Pilkington (3,7) |
| 15 | | In the board game Monopoly, the
property lying between Marylebone
Station and Community Chest (3,6) |
| 16 | | Wasting away of the body,
associated especially with infant
malnutrition (8) |
| 19 | | Greek spirit, invented in 1888,
blended from brandy and wine (6) |
| 21 | | In music, a crescendo followed by
a diminuendo (5) |
| 22 | | World's largest fashion magazine, founded in France (4) |
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