Upon completion of the grid, a quotation that runs clockwise around the perimeter, starting in the NW corner, can be deduced, the unchecked letters of which might read "natural oil - drear glory".
Across
6. Souped-up hot burger, cad mistook (12)
10. On reflection, gorge letters (4)
11. Short search for barbarian (3)
12. Dispense with a gas (3)
13. The French measure acceleration with this according to mosaic law (5)
14. Fool a bodyguard (3)
16. Spiritual knowledge starts off Greek nomadic on stories involving Sparta
(6)
20. Doomed to receive marks - so tell! (6)
22. Censors a letter containing old poem (5)
23. Drink back the highest pitch (3)
25. Possesses only half the edible entrails of hog, say (3)
27. A deep rumbling caused by organ transplant (5)
28. Belaud Reynolds for the noble power contained therein (6)
30. An abundance we but half see (3)
31. Carrier of elephants or stone we hear (3)
33. Gem maybe enclosed in this part of setting - despoil for the Listener
(3)
36. Animal eating nuts container? (3)
37. An enclosure of red deer possibly containing strewn fodder (3)
38. 0 plus base take 0 equals 0 (4)
39. Protected king taking part in 'Tour de Palma' perhaps? (12)
Down
1. Definitely caught and bowled? (9)
2. We hear, you are a long river (4)
3. Multinational trading company is half its location (4)
4. Synagogue lecturer begins after quiet is universal (4)
5. False ornaments lose luminous intensity to show underwear (4)
7. Pursue 25 inside church (5)
8. Pardon? Two articles? (4)
9. Fuel distributed late, extracted from a hotel's gaol perhaps (7)
15. Current producers perfected - rising sun before, sun after (9)
17. Old muir ripples in fuel container (7)
18. Prison move (4)
19. Expiry is hard (3)
21. Roman shopping centres are 'in-for-a-penny, in-for-a-pound' (4)
24. Spy books lost in time (3)
26. Clear parchment is askew, using men in chapter pews! (5)
29. European sport played in unbleached linen (4)
32. Instrument for blower needs even characters (4)
33. Mountain tennis star - Edward lost (4)
34. For example, London washroom, we hear, provides vessel (4)
35. Alien held by headless D.J. for native of a republic (4)
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To enter this competition send your solution in list format, plus the quotation, to me at derek@crosswordcentre.fsnet.co.uk before 8th October 2007. The first correct entry picked will receive a copy of Chambers Morse Crosswords which has been donated by the publishers. |