21 October 2021

Crossword by Boffles

No.297

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Across

    1  Annihilation some rebel against (10)

    7  Unrecognised things in the air (4)

    8  Table Mountain does over Cape Town (6)

    9  Neptune or Nelson, perhaps (3,4)

  10  Inscribed object around tomb (8)

  11  Ruling that can amount to a death sentence (5)

  13  Text modifier is plugged in? (7)

  14  Sad and regretful?  I would say so (5)

  17  Lifeless even though bar sounds busy (8)

  18  Very risque if prejudiced person ingests drug (7)

  19  Spookery without a human element? (6)

  20  What environmental activists use to bond (4)

  21  Floats all boats even if result of global warming (6,4)

Down

    1  Where fanatics go to (8)

    2  Tugs’ line (6)

    3  Home of a conquering bastard (8)

    4  Annoyed left if smiled smugly lacks S&M (5)

    5  Clean sort of power but unpopular with Greens (7)

    6  Laertes was advised not to do so (6)

    9  A python,for example, is a funny present (7)

  11  Collecting can be so attractive (8)

  12  Somebody taking a sickie, for example (8)

  13  ‘The ….. of others’ fate, A Suppliant for his own!’  Byron (7)

  15  Consulted at Delphi by those with a classic problem (6)

  16  Atoll attire (6)

  17  The British ones include foolish sounding ones (5