Crooner's Cryptic Crossword
Please note that in this particular puzzle, the enumerations do not reflect multi-word entries. In other words, answers are enumerated as the total number of letters (#), and are not broken down into individual words (e.g. #,#,#). This makes the task of the solver more challenging but I think the bonus clue offsets this increase in difficulty.
Bonus Clue: Take 'stand alone' squares on left and right side of grid for song title and 12 Down for artist.
| Across 1. Ran across a missile bearing Ike's initials (7) 5. Sputnik's re-entry is one way to come down (3) 8. Son of Chaos goes away mad (4) 9. A flower in Manzoa growing wild (6) 10. No protection from a diaper ill-fitted (5) 11. A soldier's cry with 999 on parade (5) 13. Bountiful place once? The answer hides in these initials (6) 14. Blues sound is outta sight (4) 15. Clumsy like a Loxodonta (11) 18. Get in a limo and complain (4) 20. Set right to go (6) 22. Sound the horn for a world leader (5) 23. Jump-start a former pop group with a role in Star Wars (5) 25. Papa sounds sincere (6) 26. Not for Central American timber (4) 27. Tramps even little spaces (3) 28. Short in-law to make you do this if you forget (7) |
Down 2. Throw a party beneath an arch (9) 3. Fix his kid a garment to wear (7) 4. Bar entry, e.g. (4) 6. Absorbing spilled ink, gown is ruined (7) 7. Excitedly stammer, "O! A soft, furry tree-dweller!" (8) 12. ARTIST 16. Peter plumbing a South American sound (8) 17. Too close to call for a nervous person, maybe (9) 19. Shell uses this to lubricate a snare (7) 21. Standing around at meet (7) 24. It's inflammatory to call it a dirty place (4) |
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