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Welcome to the Fuertenews X-word No 6



Fuertenews X-word No:6

Clues Across;

1. Swing with spin to popular music. (4,3,4)
9. Biro set providing dictum on legal context comments. (7)
10. Love dearly regardless of bad or execrable behaviour. (5)
11. Crib an alibi to show unimaginative scripting. (5)
12. Crocodile river course forming SE African boundaries. (7)
13. Compassionate and kind hearted. (6)
15. Deem to be portrayed in a theatrical manner. (6)
18. Cover duration of ancestry. (7)
20. Knotty arboreal problem. (5)
22. Especially supplemental not including returned gift. (5)
23. Ciphers decoded in the round. (7)
24. Be severely reprimanded for making a mistake. (5,2,4)

Clues Down;

2. Conspicuous constellation hunter. (5)
3. Link Exchange Rate Mechanism initially to the seat of Russian government. (7)
4. Let State Enrolled Nurse, begin to provide a cuddle. (6)
5. Sovereign state territory. (5)
6. Observation post outlook wrongly positioned. (7)
7. Explosive protection refuge. (4,7)
8. Consideration given to the silver medal winner. (6,5)
14. Latin, literally ‘trifles’. (7)
16. Official police photograph taken from glass explosion. (sl) (7)
17. Bidets installed in this accommodation. (6)
19. A speed at which work continues swiftly. (5)
21. Cares agriculturally for areas of land. (5)

 

Answers ~ Across                                Answers ~ Down

1.    Rock and roll                                 2.    Orion     

9.    obiters                                           3.    Kremlin  

10.  adore                                            4.    nestle  

11.  banal                                             5.    realm 

12.  Limpopo                                       6.    lookout     

13.  humane                                          7.    bomb shelter    

15.  emoted                                          8.    second place   

18.  lineage                                           14.  minutia

20.  gnarl                                              16.  mugshot

22.  extra                                              17.  bedsit

23.  spheric                                          19.  apace

24.  taken to task                                  21.  acres

 

The FuerteNews X-word is compiled by Christopher Conundrum