Crossword No. 225

2nd July 2022 Going Postal Hobbies, Puzzles 3553 Comments

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ACROSS	DOWN
1 Ceremony at the end of a degree course (10)	1 Young human female (4)
6 List of restaurant dishes (4)	2 Competent (4)
9 Moving house from one part of the country to another (10)	3 Not trendy, like most parents (6)
10 Japanese volcanic mountain (4)	4 ..see 12
13 Distribute payments (4,3)	5 Unfathomable track cycle race (6)
15 Mediterranean country (6)	7 Level-headedness (10)
16 Spiteful person (6)	8 Higher education institute (10)
17 Location of BP’s UK research headquarters (7-2-6)	11 Highest-level award of a B.Sc. (5,5)
18 Weirdoes (6)	12&4 Make it illegal to have compulsory trade union membership in a workplace (5,2,3,2,3,6,4)
20 Musical group of six players (6)	13 Disproves a false theory (7)
21 Geographical feature at the mouth of an estuary (4,3)	14 More irritable (7)
22 Pinnacle (4)	19 A southern butty (6)
25 Valuable fossil fuel (10)	20 Wage (6)
26 Soapy foam (4)	23 Small skirt that would look terrible on Diane Abbott (4)
27 A very useful subject to study if you want a career in the oil and gas industry (10)	24 Don't believe any of this on the BBC (4)

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Solution to Crossnumber No. 224

Across

1 2024561111 9 6361 10 3000030000 11 116123 12 1380138 15 1048278 16 24320 17 0207 18 2538 19 84844 21 2194426 22 5040000 24 456533 27 1037836800 28 6000 29 1111101000

Down

2 0800 3 420710 4 6335432 5 1000 6 1001000 7 8381020500 8 2143588810 12 1008204060 13 8800996001 14 84046 15 12345 19 8283111 20 4076861 23 030621 25 1331 26 5040