Crossword No.2
Across
1. See 5 down (6)
6. A ruffled shrike makes a piercing sound (6)
9. He wrote a saga about an old city in America (8)
10. See 13 down (4)
11. Vernadsky’s work is her best hope, I imagine (3,9)
12. Eastern flower is strange – a reflection! (4)
14. Ingredients are got for barley drink (6)
16. The main impulse is forward about a hundred (5)
17. God set about with no imagination (6)
18. Make need your perfect home (4)
20. The bairns and tots I delivered with no hands were my responsibility (12)
23. High murmer! (4)
24. Hibernating supporters! (8)
25. Emphasis on church nuncio initially caught in act (6)
26. He fixed the bracket (6)
Down
2. Escape from a vacuum (5)
3. Speak about nude modelling, but it’s kept to oneself (9)
4. Worn down by return of the French illustrator (6)
5, 1 across The land is for cattle, Epicurus said. Slurp away, wrote Engels (3,10,2,6)
6. Trips over a mortar carrier – that’s careless (8)
7. The collar seems uneven (5)
8. Separation process using air mixed with shredded lettuce to extract carbon (9)
13, 10 across Team works to get oil made in olden times near earth’s fissure. It represents man’s break with nature (9,4)
15. They prevent demolitions by inexperienced barbarians with no guts (5,4)
16. I feel I see two books being republished (8)
19. Tell a whopper to important old agricultural chemist (6)
21. In that respect, time is where I’m at (5)
22. Toxic gas is round the area (5)
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