Inwards 1 Hair with special highlight (6) 2 King with adder slithering around (6) 3 Fruitcake, male, largely silent, weird (6) 4 Wages of sin? Purify by sacrifice (8) 5 Unpleasant person turning informer repeatedly (6) 6 Humour in show? Empty drollery (6) 7 Amazing: angels do return to some extent (8, two words) 8 Fraud hearing charged pretentious person (5) 9 Fail to observe the rules of the game and withdraw? (6) 10 Strangely well fed or reared on blossom (11) 11 After running wild, do I get a bloomer? (7) 12 Container for vessels that are wide and primarily buoyant, curiously (9, two words) 13 Extremely sentimental if repeated (3) 14 On entering bastard son made a loud noise (6) 15 "Rubbed out" (a euphemism): hotshot died (7) |
Outwards a Unconcerned about cold drink that's usually hot (5) b After combining, mixture finally flared up (7) c The two of them gather round a market stall (5) d Violently batter old drum (6) e A nasty wet day with endless rain was in store (7) f Old giant's head on monster (4) g Review mediocre female composer (4) h Left-wing friends consistently ignored (3) i Returned Will's cool emblem to Cambria (4) j Unsettled, drove round borders of Ukraine (7) k Wipes out parasites (7) l Lord's associate every day, according to Spooner (4) m In a revolutionary state, see largely moderate politician (8) n Seeker of better value cost cutting (8, two words) o Malignly influential newspaper embraces reactionary measure (6) p Draft incorrectly? I'm returning first of all, so don't revise anything. Wait! (7) q Rests uneasily − meeting of French tarts? (8) |
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