7.d. contest for two (8,5) _ t _ _ _ _ _ _/_ _ _ H _
12.d. drained of colour (of skin) _ L _ _ _ _ _ _ _
21.a. eccentricity (9) _ E _ R _ N _ _ _
17.a. referee's punishment (7) B _ _ _ I _ _...
1.d. use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing; from greek, 'declare around' (11) P _ R _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ 18.d. vertebrate blood cell coloured red by haemoglobin typically a biconcave disc...
34.a the buzz before the buzz (8,4) D _ _ _ C _ N _/_ _ _ _ 43.a a period of time surrounded by dripping ends to pipe and sewer may see it appear (5,5) _ _T _ R/_ _ _ _ _ 35.d. champion bird he left...
23.a. collection of poetry by kipling first published in 1886 (12,7)
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14.a. pejorative term for a television (5,3) I _ _ _ T/_ _ _...
1.d. louise armstrong was intensely so - even claining to be born on 4 july (9) _ A _ _ _ _ _ I _
10.a. lush, soak, drinker (8) _ _ _ N _ _ _ _
3.d. before it gets light (7) _ r _ _ _ W _...
5.d. hellish (8) _ N _ E _ _ _ L
15.d. rowdier, wilder (8) U _ _ _ _ _ _ -
16.d. proposition, statement, formula (7) T _ _ _ R _ _
17.a. european country with many a canal (6) _ _ _ N _ _...
17.a. momentum (7) I _ _ _ T _ _ 27.a. in stages, step by step (13) _ R _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ L _ 6.d. relating to the study of knowledge (13) _ _ _ _ _ S _ P _ _ _ A _ 7.d. map indication (1,5,3,4) _/_ _...
5.d. drug that stimulates the nervous system (9) A _ A _ _ P t _ C 27.a. usual north american name for the courgette; from italian; 'little gourds' (8) _ U _ C _ I _ I 25.d. bbc sitcom named best new...
17.a. perfect, ideal (7) _ D _ L _ I _ 25.a. find somewhere else for one's capital (8) _ _ _ N _ _ _ _ 16.d. esoteric, exclusive (8) R _ r _ _ _ _ _ 21.d. character in watership down who isa seer (5)...
29.a. monopoly square between piccadilly and regent street (2,2,4) _ _/T _ /J _ I _ 41.a. roofed gallery or terrace along the front or side of a building (7) _ e _ A _ _ _ 25.d. yorkshire market town...
14.a. illogical (10) I _ C _ _ _ _ _ _ - 16.a. collaboration (11) _ _ _ T _ E _ S _ _ _ 13.d. compared with last 12 months (4,2,4) _ _ _ _/O _/Y _ A _ 1.d. put an end to a relationship (5,2) _ R _ A...
3.d. either of two fighters (8) _ U _ L _ _ _ -
17.d. in a clandestine way (8) _ _ _ _ E _ L _
19.d. evolve (7) _ _ _ E _ O _
21.d. abuse, scorn (6) _ _ _ _ L _...