Across 1 Charge officer eating smoked, salted mutton with trustee (7) 6 Homer acting to protect brown snake (5) 10 Dash into water in Cancun in a leather thong (4) 13 India plugging state’s fruits (6) 15 Bird lovers regularly rejected a cage for hawks (6, 2 words) 16 Father and daughter missing good mate (4) 17 School bag no longer used (3) 18 Indian shot, for example, an historical piece (4) 19 Fish mostly shunning cake meal (3) 20 Loose garment turned heads (4) 22 Travel aids support your visits to Sweden (5) 23 Synthesiser randomly providing codeword (6) 24 Convent on edge after Franciscan nun finds old blood (6) 26 Outrageous pair of rectors calling a skipping girl fabulously erotic (6) 28 Dead water in channel surrounding fellow briefly (6) 30 It has pronounced ability to afflict aged (5) 33 Manufacturer of pianos snubbed Hindu God (4) 36 15’s relative needing a week in Perth (3) 38 Religious instructor making one tense in study (4) 40 Joke about Morag’s grandchild (3) 41 Encourage removing second stringed instrument (4) 42 Introduce cool series of dance movements to entertain Royal Highness (6) 43 Ropes are trimmed after adjusting blades maybe (6) 44 Bean of leguminous shrub moving about (4) 45 East wind wiping out railway close to Jock (5) 46 Oyster-wife on vacation sorted out bivalves (7) |
Down 1 Pot and cocaine on monk’s clothing (5) 2 Want character to pass note for sharp manufacturer (7) 3 Opening remarks indicate much heartache ahead at the summit (4) 4 Old Italian preserving pieces of peritoneum (7) 5 Work regularly in American cities describing parks possibly (5) 7 Native American on floor (5) 8 Buy extremely small island for Harry (4) 9 Goddess mostly white after metamorphosing (7) 11 Appeal for help to support prime filming facilities (4) 12 Property pundit in US state ultimately overlooked as an alternative (5) 14 Girl in Spain welcoming Green’s focus (5) 16 Oprah disregarding odds to take place bet (6) 21 New priest acting without Troy’s approval (6) 23 School paper deviously omitting Rex’s material (7) 24 Fine English comedian penning article (7) 25 Charlotte’s reported strange beast to department (7) 27 Amphibians in Nauru mostly assembled on volcanic rock (5) 29 Insects covering eastern entrances (5) 31 Actors saying nothing after upsetting visit by corporation (5) 32 Rick duplicates transcript finally (5) 34 Ungulate from South Africa heading northward regularly (4) 35 Jansky intends to deliver Mike’s clothes (5) 37 Archaic Greek statue from Macedonia with gold base (4) 39 Rest up after hosting one in authority (4) |
To enter this competition, send your entry as an image or in list format giving the highlighted entries to ccpuzzles@talktalk.net before 8th July 2020. The first correct entry drawn from the hat will receive a book from the Chambers range, which has been donated by Chambers. |