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   Azed Crossword No. 1783 Solution

  Special instructions: 32 across should read: What diva doesn't hear at La Fenice, support attending her reduced by 50%?

18 down should read: Right-winger, nippy, going outside, cutting inside not on

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The Chambers Dictionary (2003) is recommended.

     
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Across
1 Bird feeding on nectar etc following humbler spirit (12)
10 Combative horsewoman - one in middle of road jarred badly (11)
11 Old-style bank manager, mature, not without heart (5)
12 Special display in gallery of some early Chinese art (5)
14 Offenders were locked in this prison, little good following (4)
15 What Gordon uses for grating some Maris Pipers? (4)
17 Even the old woman gets this undignified treatment (5)
18 Preview broadcast free, so start of excerpt follows (7)
19 Flat cap, reverse of boring, rant cast aside (5)
21 Scotch everyone? Here's one with fullness of flavour (5)
23 Hornblende, usually long in place (7)
25 Line tucking into Japanese dish? Not I - it's gooey and unappetizing (5)
29 Next in line? His Excellency introduces those to HQ (4)
30 V, a sign with no hint of subtlety when taken the wrong way (4)
31 Holy state the hadji finds himself in one hour before noon (5)
32 What diva doesn't hear at La Fenice, support attending her reduced by 50%? (5)
33 Trash includes one outstanding example after tired old material (11)
34 'Wreathèd horn'? Pulls the term to pieces (12,2 words)
 
Down
1 Break - first sign of rupture, in truth (5)
2 One with a will almost running without a break (6)
3 Wild dingo we gassed in his home? (7)
4 Record number of contestants (5)
5 Recipe restricting disease in horses, 'erefrom becoming lively again? (12)
6 Weed having equal value with reed? Awful tripe (12,2 words)
7 Priestly Jew, man in study (5)
8 Ideal comment coming up, astringent (8)
9 Buy and sell quickly, as once, say cutting v-value (7)
13 Greek location, or one in Alaska? Not so - Maine (4)
16 Rage about form of dismissal (that's me dismissed, twice) - fancy frills (8)
18 Right-winger, nippy, going outside, cutting inside not on (7)
20 Complete gateway with woody tissue starting to form on inner edge (7)
22 'Bunk' businessman labelled all history initially (4)
24 Stirrer hit out over raising of tax endlessly (6)
26 Butter improves Marmite sandwiches (5)
27 Carriages: such you'd see as a BR train (5)
28 Climbing bird circles start of nest forming lump in tree (5)
     


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