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Across 1 Spoils oysters by first of December (8) 5 God appears on April Fools' Day (possibly not Fridays) (6) 10 Tin-cum-horse (5) 11 Overseer of Christmas spirit (9) 12 Lifting up around a historical Easter event (9) 13 Girl makes me and Chomsky miserable (5) 14 Suffocate in his mother's arms (7) 15 Abrupt scream upsets his keg resistance (7) 17 Mad Lord Ted is only 2! (7) 19 Humorous 22 is PR genius (7) 21 Fruit survive beyond middle of October (5) 23 The French experience terrible disenfranchisement with lack of destinies (9) 24 Uttered by idiotic, asinine tit... NOT! (9) 25 The French and English turn and shape (5) 26 Peak measurement (6) 27 We've got scrambled lynx ears stuck in our throats! (8) |
Down 1 Writer uses broken glass recklessly - it's no joke! (2,5) 2 Offensive outburst caused by erosion in steel - often with 9? (5-4) 3 See 8 4 More than tasty! (7) 6 How sums are not set as a test on Erasmus (15) 7 A drink amongst the bricks is a release (3,2) 8,17,3 From 1 down, I angle another one before confounding his reshuffle bid (3,4,3,4,3,4,4,4) 9 Indicating victory ahead of us (and trouble behind)? (1-5) 16 Levy diverted to Mexican (6-3) 17 See 8 18 When affair goes wrong, use your palm! (6) 19 The Swiss and the Spanish have depths which gives me the blues (7) 20 CAT lens incorrectly read (and used!) by surgeons (7) 22 No oil? Qualifier to invade this people! (5) |