Across
1, 2 down. Diplomatic group sent abroad is extremely difficult to deal with, according to ‘60s TV series. (7,10)
5, 21. Does Venus appear in a soap opera before noon? (7,4)
10. Fruit harvester shinning a tree reaches target and produces cutting edge. (2-2-4)
11. Although one standard, it shows Lincoln’s reputation. (6)
12. Angry Cockney might tell one to go here … it’s not a big distance. (3)
13. Like impudence in front of fashionable killer. (8)
14, 28. If elected, may have to be taken by oaf, coof and thief in combination ... (4,2,6)
16. … and the desire that Kiwis have to display it? (4)
17. Dawn to dusk drug user heads to the seaside by coach. (3,7)
18. Does such an absconding debtor take the red eye? (3-2-5)
21. See 5 across.
22, 26. That which a bird hatches is money saved. (4,3)
23. As a stone did from Sisyphus, so might a bed. (4,4)
26. See 22 across.
27. Diva’s salary reveals someone loyal to the monarch. (6)
28. See 14 across.
29. Leave to slide into a Glasgow pigeon. (7)
30. Demote poor Reg, stuck in a Florida county. (7)
D
own2. See 1 across.
3. Appetite for courage. (7)
4. Early alphabets go up before morning (Sunday). (5)
6. Believer in mob rule? Pshaw, as they say in Scotland, a wrecked car lot will result. (9)
7. No! In Paris, opts for change not to be interrupted. (3-4)
8. See 25 down.
9. Lament lost youth initially, and with intensity. (6)
15. What may have been done to tire able dancer in a spin. (10)
17. Combine Dante and Othello with the missing Renaissance man. (9)
19. What the meek are proclaimed to be in part enables seduction. (7)
20. Monster created by Zola abandoning Italian product. (6)
21. Newspaper employee could be a walking aid to the queen. (7)
24. When applied to the foot, it has no ties. (5)
25, 8 down. Absence of light is far from fair at a monstrous location. (8)
Notes
E-mail your solutions of The Very Logical Prize Puzzle No. 210 by the closing date of 4 p.m. (EST) on Wednesday, July 15 to stephaniepiro@gmail.com and include your name, postal address and your choice of a Strip T’s shirt, should you be the drawn winner. Please include a second choice (design number and size) just in case we are out of stock of your favorite t-shirt. The items on Café Press are not in our stock and consequently are not available as prizes.
Solutions can also be faxed, if you prefer, to USA code 1-603-755-2926, or mailed to John Nolan, 27 River Road, Farmington, NH, 03835.
All answers, except proper names, appear in Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary tenth edition and/or The Chamber’s Dictionary. In this "British-style" crossword, punctuation marks in clues are best ignored, as a rule.
The solution to The Very Logical Prize Puzzle No. 210, along with the name of the winner, and everyone else submitting correct solutions, will be published on this site towards the end of July.
And the winner is ...
The winner drawn from the Hat of Correct Solvers for June is Keith Wiliams from near Winchester, in England. One of Stephanie's "Beans" T-shirts will be on its way to you tomorrow (June 22), Keith ... but beware, coffee is to Oblomovism as garlic is to a vampire.
Other correct solvers of the June puzzle were Joan Bittrolff of Alford, Fla.; Richard Burchell of Gilmanton Iron Works, NH; Mark Nichols of Rugby, England; Keith Simmonds of Tunapuna, Trinidad & Tobago; Ian Laming of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Barbara Bierweiler of Ossipee, NH; Jim Sempsrott of Raleigh, NC; Calfan Dary of Bali, Indonesia; Jim Horrigan of Portsmouth, NH; Randy Taylor of Rochester, NH and Chris Rogers from Farmington, NH; and Nancy Mooney Hebert of Alton, NH.
Please enjoy TVLPP 210 above.
The solution to 210 might possibly be posted by July 17, as Stephanie and I are heading south a day or two later to escape the incessant rain of northern New England. We'll be down your way, Jim Sempsrott for a day or two ... Boone, NC, to catch a bluegrass festival. (Stephanie's is the red pickup truck with the Toon plates, if you are in the vicinity.)
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