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Fuertenews X-word No 19


Clues Across;

1. Media I used with right in the reduction of atmospheric weight. (11)
9. Move without delay on coals, perhaps? (7)
10. See ex-pupil grossly overweight. (5)
11. Trouble and strife, like wife, might be such in cockney slang poetry. (5)
12. The female line spinning stick. (7)
13. Going from one side to the other, might be one of twelve clues? (6)
15. Act, it’s proved non-motionless. (6)
18. Lubricates relations to provide weatherproof protection. (7)
20. Brought in to curb another metropolitan. (5)
22. Totem pole displaying worshipful rhythm. (5)
23. Grounds for which addicts are provided prescriptions? (2,5)
24. Disburse with parsimony an improvident person. (11)

Clues Down;

2. Luxurious and elegant like the hotel, maybe? (5)
3. Telling tales we hear about building divisions. (7)
4. Disorderly on duty and in disarray. (6)
5. Give a solid reason for worshipping effigies. (5)
6. A gent the French cultivated. (7)
7. The beats our cue to arrive near on time. (11)
8. Excellence of moving postscript a hundred sent free. (11)
14. Reel in clean pickled herring. (7)
16. Thor might be responsible for atmospheric explosion. (7)
17. Overhead expense. (6)
19. Obvious, to some, book now noted for critique. (5)
21. Pretend in poker circles. (5)

Answers

 Across                       Down

1. pressurised            2. ritzy
9. hotfoot                    3. storeys
10. obese                  4. untidy
11. rhyme                   5. idols
12. distaff                   6. elegant
13. across                  7. thereabouts
15. static                    8. perfectness
18. oilskin                  14. rollmop
20. urban                   16. thunder
22. tempo                  17. oncost
23. on drugs              19. known
24. spendthrift            21. bluff


 

The FuerteNews X-word is compiled by Christopher Conundrum