The Dotsey.com Cryptic Crossword, Summer 2011
(solution will appear below clues by 1 August)
ACROSS
1. Abe’s the man for English city. It’s green! (7)
4. Casual greeting to Larry Lamb initially, and highest point will be just the place for a good view (7)
9. Stow Elsie’s bathroom accessories somewhere inside (6)
11, Mercurial character belongs to woman outside Middle East (6)
12. Madman, no longer young, might be Yankee bird. What kind of pants are these anyway? (4)
13. Find jerry-built car in the gloom, we hear (4)
14. I met ape, shifty, and ended up with beefy meal (4,3)
16. Adopt Indian warrior mien. Show courage upon fat bear cave breaking (3,2,1,5,4)
18. All-terrain horse gear southwards? Fits. (7)
22. Go with engineers to find bullish charge (4)
23. Man race without former spouse, it is written (4)
24. Don’t start drinking when animals return with shaken gin. It will be gently flowing (6)
26. White winter coat? Fur queen belongs to me (6)
28. Can — and must — rearrange innermost room (7)
29. British Rail east starts at Victoria, ends at Turkey, not being very long (7)
DOWN
1 & 5. See gold piglets’ line destroyed? Best not to interfere (3,8,4,3)
2. Three points not rising, and Force Unit is revealed (6)
3. Hollow log conceals late flier (3)
5. See 1
6. Call before fall? Clock is ticking round Bob’s first piece of wood (6)
7. After cipher, much to attempt round east, but treatmen still depends on your location (8.7)
8. Obtain opera song within short circular diagram. Is mother starting to eschew meat? (13)
10. Twisted aloes drop a berry for gin. Sounds like it won’t be quick though (4)
11. Dance I finish showing natives (4)
14. Fellow from Georgia produces Tokyo art (5)
15. Rebuild main drain and empty it with these? (5)
17. Change for a kind of Buddhist to have turned to ice (6)
19. Pull hard to get Royal inside basket (4)
20. Start to keep the thing inside, but bird is out (4)
21. Me? I bring up detectives later to find Italian rulers (6)
25. British teachers get together when barrel is upturned, but it’ll need a bolt (3)
27. Regret Herb in foreign street is not completely honest (3)
SOLUTION
