LAMEBRAIN : LAMB(docile/meek character symbolised by a young sheep) containing( accepting) E(abbrev. Docile character accepting English downpour, the idiot (9) LOGOFF : LOG(a piece of wood cut from a tree trunk or large branch) + OFF(rotten/decayed).Ģ2. Piece of wood’s rotten? Stop surfing (3,3) for a member of the Conservative Party) +. Conservative, as originally recorded, boarding boat, being averse to road transport (7)ĬARSICK : C(abbrev. French pastry being cooked - and in Paris (7)īEIGNET : Anagram of( … cooked) BEING + ET(French for “and”, as spoken in Paris).ġ8. A down clue originally?ĭefn: Of which a business offering recruitment services is an example.ġ6. for “account”) containing( gathering in) GEN(information) plus( over) Y(abbrev. Recruitment business account gathering in information over 12 months (6)ĪGENCY : AC(abbrev. UNHEARD OF : Anagram of( … distressed) FOUND containing( after landing) HEAR(to catch/to be aware of a sound made by someone or something).ġ4. Found distressed after landing catch? That’s inconceivable (7,2)

for “Australian”) deleted from( dismissed by) “Maoist”(a follower of the doctrines of Mao Zedong, Communist leader of China formerly).ġ3. Tearful Australian dismissed by old Communist (5) MEDUSA : MED(short for the Mediterranean Sea) plus( adjacent to) USA(abbrev. Marine life in sea adjacent to America (6) Opening a fresh source of water in Yorkshire (8)ĪPERTURE : A + PERT(fresh/cheeky) + URE(source of water/river in Yorkshire).ġ0. ĭefn: …, the coastal resort and fishing port in SW Cornwall.Īnd “The Pirates of Penzance is an operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan.ĩ. Retracting of a close to scene in G&S – obscurity round Penzance? (3,3)

Local installation always needing power during strike (4,4)īEER PUMP : contained in( during) BUMP(to strike by hitting with something else).ĭefn: Equipment installed in a local/pub near one’s home or place of work.ĥ. Definitions are underlined in the clues.ġ.

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