Colgan's Cryptic
ACROSS
1. Resin (not cold) gathered with a jar (7)
5. Weather pattern reports are on the up (5)
8. Don’s a fool. He’s after tracksuits. (6,7)
9. King Mohammed’s authority, say, extends westward from Tangier (5)
10. Culture sample (5)
11. Style of presentation displayed by Mailer, perhaps? Definitely not! (13)
13. Animal found in English grounds (5)
14. Disembowelled and quartered? No, halved! (5)
15. Furious and disgusting behaviour at the table (8,5)
16. Detection device pretermits small Mexican man (5)
17. Perhaps Charles ran outside, getting wet (7)
DOWN
2. Substantial increase in the anti-abortion issue (13)
3. Many a time-piece of Dali is softened (5)
4. After opening over, grass sticks out, facilitating deliveries (13)
5. Lots of merriment till losing heart in job (7)
6. Unfriendly atmosphere, while undergoing treatment, but it has happy ending
(13)
7. Windless destination for traveller (3,8)
8. Titillations while having drinks in bars (11)
12. Inspector’s vehicle reversing to go off (7)
14. Piece of furniture is made correctly. That’s the purpose. (5)
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