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Puzzles July25

Across

  • 1 Elk rests having chased around birds of prey (8)
  • 5 Get apprentice onboard to add feathers to an arrow (6)
  • 10 Rolls cylinders (5)
  • 11 Extremely nice and insanely clever head of laboratory identifies neuron (5,4)
  • 12 They go far beyond amendment to sex decree (9)
  • 13 Flog captivating masculine fragrance (5)
  • 14 Profundities ultimately bridged the gap at each weakness (6)
  • 15 Last part of clue incorporated by dynamic setter rocks! (7)
  • 19 Stressed about one shilling having been dropped in expansive wastelands (7)
  • 21 Gun dog loses right to jump onto the back of the sofa (6)
  • 23 Throw away king from straight to be replaced by jack (5)
  • 26 Host of itinerant reps walk in (9)
  • 27 Former lover put glue around the seat of your stool (9)
  • 28 They're always up against the odds! (5)
  • 29 Drags forced help on board ship (6)
  • 30 Doctor pesters to get time for preliminary examinations (8)

Down

  • 1 Army officer listened to heart (6)
  • 2 They draw small boat with eight ropes slung in front (9)
  • 3 Someone who admires extremely repulsive ghost shuffling feet (9)
  • 4 Banks, for example, lean after top falls down (7)
  • 6 Staffordshire town's Welsh emblems (5)
  • 7 Subject of article by yours truly? (5)
  • 8 Incapacitated, he spells badly (8)
  • 9 Peter's supply adjusted in advance (6)
  • 16 Most radical term set ex off (9)
  • 17 Standing up before court head (9)
  • 18 Creep joins fewer with a lack of boundaries (8)
  • 20 Group of seven pets attacked alien (6)
  • 21 Producer of metal with casing of enamel in abstract terms (7)
  • 22 Banks of clouds cover the remainder of peaks (6)
  • 24 Go over and above plus-size, by the sound of it (5)
  • 25 Idiot shredded towrope after wheels flew off (5)
  • 17 Ringtone composed for 7 (8)
  • 19 7 get to eat after Zeus' lover (6)
  • 20 Conundrum to enter which accommodates university term (6)
  • 21 Top 7 (4)
  • 23 Go for a paddle in south-west India with my top on (4)

Posted in puzzles on Jul 01, 2025