Fish Boxes by Urchin
Clues are given in
alphabetical order of their answers. Down clues must be jumbled before
entry. Each box contains 2 fishes which are entered normally and are
unclued. The bottom line of the boxes contains a quotation and its
author.
| Box 1 Across A number in time attached Almost supple in the manner of trees Pity a bird in a Scottish mountain Native insect moving like a fish? Down You might hear a debtor’s slip confession Confusing me with tiny hostility Posh girl takes heart of macadamia for Ethiopian primate Bum round northern French city Paste greeting in a police station Box 2 Across The old seize space in front of church Tyrant bore criminal charge Hot gown with a hint of naughtiness Seduced once - no nude wandering Down Sea-vampire losing top and bottom pipes Acid bird gets in post, mainly Soak, of former times, uttered again Two cards, one lower and one higher Sword guards returning sex appeal ruined Box 3 Across Victors losing with hits on target Turning red and smeared with oil Sign with regular bits of stray folds Beginning to recall messenger for former repatriation Down Priest flourished before the end Parisian rascal – a fool once taking in jade Bully cleric to get heroin for queen Comparatively senseless to give one bread to the Queen Continued to be sober on the radio |
Box 4 Across Doing sums is muddling after pound dropped U-shaped piece of metal is beginning to crumple jeans Plant supplying drug to drummer Old dear before new year eats greedily Down Returning cuddle round railway lines I must go in hide for Hans to get his ballads Saint in fruit festival Free German plough Brief function with sparkling vin rosé that’s lacking oxygen Box 5 Across One opposed to Arabic latex that’s toxic I was a model in substance Writing, after a fashion, for internet devices Preliminary surveys in game going west Down Commander-in chief taking local swine in club Gang member’s knife with Ozzie bum Jokes after doctor talks on and on One’s upset over Royal Society rebuffs Philosophy lives in inverted trench Box 6 Across Carriage losing its middle rope Beetle that’s rarely more puffed up Phone doctor with irritability Left in at a stretch to provide borrowed cash Down Child’s plaything created by web lab Isolate complex selenium without a sign of hesitation Beginning to feel profitable is pointless New York’s drinking establishment a simpleton follows it Has a tendency initially to resist fragments |
To enter this competition, send your entry as an image or in list format including the unclued entries to ccpuzzles@talktalk.net before 8th October 2019. The first correct entry drawn from the hat will receive a book from the Chambers range, which has been donated by Chambers. |