The Sunday Crossword No. 3056

July 13, 2019 04:07 pm | Updated 04:07 pm IST

Across

1 Florida’s flashy, unruly sportsmen (3,5)

5 Where Tamworth is, in the sticks (6)

10 Debtor’s note includes a one-time Murdoch company that’s hard to credit (1,3,3)

11 Under canvas, by the sound of things, getting passionate (7)

12 Poem, when recited, evokes shrill birdcall (5)

13 Story concerning wabbit: Bugs Bunny heads off; what will hunter do? (3,2,4)

14 Sets exam, gets confused, gives very short bursts of information (4,8)

18 It doesn’t matter which clothes shop now, I’ve seen everything (8,4)

21 ‘Gut-rot.’ ‘How?’ ‘Dodgy sprout.’ (9)

23 Energy follows natural process (5)

24 Following ousting of duke, relinquish claim to dynasty (7)

25 Time running out – cue botox shot: that’ll make this dish tastier (3,4)

26 Dines fancily, engorging Italian – so has to do these? (3-3)

27 Sees term restructured to become half-year course of study (8)

Down

1 Running away from argument about Latin (6)

2 The old ship’s on fire, losing bow and stern: aye-aye! (3,3)

3 See, our way worked? Never mind (2,3,4)

4 For ‘rutted’, lower, coarser profanity (4-6,4)

6 Goddess from The X Factor wearing bronze (5)

7 Foxtrot, then Latin dance, saving time for another dance (8)

8 Leader in Scandinavia to go with tax that’s dearest (8)

9 Where rounds follow rounds? (10,4)

15 Old invader’s truncated call with horn (9)

16 She’s describing romances with airy sounds (8)

17 What fisherman might do to catch something resembling a shell (8)

19 French author in drunken stupor (6)

20 What’s remote, hurtling? (6)

22 To create excitement in vicar, utter profanities for starters (3,2)

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