Colgan’s Cryptic Crossword
Across
1. Cooks treats (7)
5. Darkish brown one in regressive animal group (5)
8. The last stanza onward, they say, has compassion for the
vanquished (6,7)
9. Propose remodelling false teeth without preliminary study
(4,9)
10. Islander supports an unrelated countryman (11)
14. Climate alert I broadcast from US Antarctic base (6,7)
16. Denying other possible factors, wrongly hear ringing in high
office (5,8)
17. Authorises traces (5)
18. Fine strokes made by good pointed implements (7)
Down
1. Attack slanderously, exasperated by a crossword compiler! (6)
2. Charles removed object in old game of chance and skill (5-8)
3. Produce better than old- fashioned fare (5)
4. Temporarily seizing crew member after submarine limits search
(13)
5. Catches up with an old citizen (7)
6. Head north instead of east with common sense, claiming you
will be better off despite your reservations (13)
7. Front of magnolia detached from limb support and bust (6)
11. They stand out from others who fill in temporarily (6)
12. They are inclined to put last of coffee in kitchen refuse (6)
13. Group of lewd revellers strays off (6)
15. Plant from 14 (5)
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