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April 2018 Monthly Crossword
April
Six grid entries contain the same element (not consecutive, but in order) which is missing from the wordplay. All of the other clued entries contain a superfluous word, the initials of which (in clue order) spell out a phrase. This should lead to the deduction of the two unclued entries (author and protagonist).
| Across | | 1 | Black Rocks supplementary note for artillery guns? (6) | | 4 | To be deduced (6) | | 8 | Carbon (unknown volume) works best with a single observer? (7) | | 9 | Silent under a hospital radio transmission (7) | | 11 | Housemaid's dreadful Aug 1 run (2,4,4) | | 12 | Hunger for leader leaving Internazionale ground (4) | | 13 | Mites growing in sea (Caribbean) (5) | | 14 | Runner Sebastian to jump (8) | | 16 | Hazardous instrument to exercise copper in the ghetto (8) | | 18 | Block and tackle's initially absurd role in search (5) | | 20 | Smart clothes hang elegantly at first (4) | | 21 | End of nasty person's characteristics (3,7) | | 23 | Often American friend snatches up opportunity (7) | | 24 | To be deduced (7) | | 25 | Lazed in lots of love, luxury and light (6) | | 26 | Poland border to demand guarantee (6) |
| | Down | | 1 | Marshy stream draining almost complete after inlet (5) | | 2 | Airstrip One end returns (after 101) to basic life? (7) | | 3 | She delivers pin, right? (9) | | 5 | Solid container for name of Yamaha organ (5) | | 6 | Anger rising in time off for indolent retirees? (7) | | 7 | In glimpses of Loch Ness yearly return I yell / shout with emotion (9) | | 10 | Pie filling meant African mice infestation (9) | | 13 | Judgement of father and son initially atrocious (9) | | 15 | Bits of pulp enable manufacturing literature? (5,4) | | 17 | Table white to prompt pole dance (3,4) | | 19 | Official exploited, runner withdrew (7) | | 21 | Dig edges of dike blocking one incubus from wicked return (5) | | 22 | Free licence for facilities to start/end (5) |
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