Phil's Cryptic Crosswords
Puzzle | Solution | Philosophy | Downloads | Links | E-mailMy latest puzzle is number 11...
Clues
| Across | Down |
| 1. Middling anaesthetist takes pulses (6) | 1. Dark item drawing a line in the sand (8) |
| 4. Introduce a best seller with plot summary (8) | 2. Supplied new weapons for revolutionary dreamer (7) |
| 10. Fatal crime may lead to damnation (6,3) | 3. Rolling about sick, giving in (9) |
| 11. Void three stones (5) | 5. Pitch stories to Accounts (4,10) |
| 12. Enormous lady may damage clothes (7) | 6. Argument in the meeting (5) |
| 13. Police badge (7) | 7. Time has corroded faithlessness (7) |
| 14. Patches bones (5) | 8. Economy beginning to have fault (6) |
| 15. "Charm" is a variation (8) | 9. Selfish actor we attacked directly (2,3,4,5) |
| 18. Stop leak from drain (4-4) | 16. First popular promise - extreme appeal (9) |
| 20. First and most powerful male (5) | 17. Medium standing outside group (8) |
| 23. Central section interrupting main tune (7) | 19. Bald guy squashes insect (7) |
| 25. Immerse in massive sound (7) | 21. Food for youth, say (7) |
| 26. Massage central skeleton for money (5) | 22. A lesson lacking virtue (6) |
| 27. Painter mentioned hidden burial (9) | 24. Perfect conviction ends trial (5) |
| 28. Professional jargon allowed for audience ease (8) | |
| 29. Eye contact (brief) (6) |
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You can download this puzzle and earlier ones in either AcrossLite or Crossword Maestro format:
| AcrossLite format | Crossword Maestro format |
| Puzzle #11 | Puzzle #11 |
| Puzzle #10 | Puzzle #10 |
| Puzzle #9 | Puzzle #9 |
| Puzzle #8 | Puzzle #8 |
| Puzzle #7 | Puzzle #7 |
| Puzzle #6 | Puzzle #6 |
| Puzzle #5 | Puzzle #5 |
| Puzzle #4 | Puzzle #4 |
| Puzzle #3 | Puzzle #3 |
| Puzzle #2 | Puzzle #2 |
| Puzzle #1 | Puzzle #1 |
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Last updated 12 April 2004 Questions, comments, suggestions? Perhaps you'd like me to let you know when I put up a new puzzle? Send me an e-mail