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Crossword 1285

03 October 2014

by Don Manley

Across
1 Animal to attack (not sheep) (4)
3 A top jazz vocalist lacking accompaniment (1,7)
9 View girl sitting between father and mother (8)
10 Minister from days gone by leading soldiers (6)
11 Something extra from a theologian facing death with hesitation (8)
12 Display managed to engage reader maybe (6)
13 See saint with personal hygiene problem, unrefined (12)
17 Recipient of letter that could offer seasonal hint (12)
20 Clergy spread all over the place (6)
22 School subject apt to be well founded (8)
24 Briefly call doctor needing medical procedure at home (4,2)
25, 8 D amsel, 24, wandering in holy territory (8,4)
26 Male idiot - what a king! (8)
27 Small creature of irritating nature (4)

Down
1 Senior family woman wants offspring brought up to be important people (8)
2 One male in a temporary shelter gets satisfaction (9)
4 Church member getting upset about smoothie (7)
5 See document - worthless writing, almost all nonsense (5,4)
6 Such passionate oldies may be misbehaving dissolutely (5)
7 Tax-collector making fuss over farm animal (6)
8 See 25 A
14 Bishop gets female author's good wishes (9)
15 European suspended, one deemed heretical (9)
16 Most brave, beating ailments (8)
18 Star putting out a work, explosive bit of poetry (7)
19 Activity on rugby field trapping a bone (6)
21 City's final wish being broadcast (5)
23 Wind makes body of water rise (4)

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