Not The Saturday Prize Puzzle

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In eight clues the definition leads to the entry with one letter missing (the wordplay cluing the full entry). These missing letters must be anagrammed to form an eight letter word, being the fourth word of a quotation. In the final grid the first three words and its speaker must be highlighted (28 cells).

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  •  8  Mozart, Haydn or Schubert perhaps holding note back for country (10)

  •  9  It is found on a keyboard – a letter typed initially alongside zero (4)

  • 10 Skimpy special underwear (6)

  • 11 More than one bird encircles about ground dew (8)

  • 12 Timothy’s a jazz fan – Shadows finally coming to the fore  (4-4)

  • 14 Balance almost identical wood (6)

  • 15 14 rocks around yard? Dreadful! (7)

  • 17 Garland originally performed new line in German city  (7)

  • 20 Plenty of hesitation surrounding AC/DC’s heavy metal (6)

  • 22 Without money, Moroccans cooked animals (8)

  • 24 A long time follows to make fun of coloured body parts (8)

  • 25 Responsibilities I start to see round America (6)

  • 27 Third letter from intelligence department (4)

  • 28 Time stereo was repaired in sporty car? (10)

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  •  1  Tom’s sounding nearly flawless over river (4)

  •  2  Without limits Kate robs believers (8)

  •  3  Sickness from operation – tucked into cut bread (6)

  •  4  Disorder is right in hybrid (7)

  •  5  Preposterous dropping councillor off? (8)

  •  6  Criminal nailed judge (6)

  •  7  Doldrums to follow community (10)

  • 13 Fruits fashionable amongst inns (10)

  • 16 Invincible gangster Mike topping 80 (8)

  • 18 Results from Times?  (8)

  • 19 Pictures virtually unpolluted island (7)

  • 21 Longed for sex with chief editor (6)

  • 23 Call mixed school about Oscar’s English (6)

  • 26 Before end of ceasefire finds anger (4)

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