Not The Saturday Prize Puzzle

Xtra 900 - Demo Puzzle by Anax

The setting of this puzzle is described by Anax in the following article:

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A start-to-finish story of setting a cryptic crossword puzzle

 

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  •  1  Beginning to bark, small dog let out (4)

  •  3  With me inside, fold canopy so it won't go up (10)

  • 10 Produce fences for Buxton e.g. (3,4)

  • 11 Bone of bird with whole skin (7)

  • 12 Here, young one causes nightmares (6)

  • 13 New preparation of mutable barbiturate (8)

  • 15 Scatter loose rocks approaching waterworks (5,2,5)

  • 18 Get mad drivers in scrap Granadas heading for this? (6,6)

  • 21 Girl keeping unloved fool in focus (8)

  • 22 Old archbishop leans precariously before Mass (6)

  • 24 In liquid so deep one finds piece of soap (7)

  • 25 With nothing to hide, people can shout (7)

  • 26 Cut tree next to lodge in wood (1-4,5)

  • 27 That must come to a stop! (4)

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  •  1  Dirty lie? Rings up church (8)

  •  2  Still in port, a cargo ship, say (2,6)

  •  4  Join boarding school in Kensington (4)

  •  5  Soldiers scent enemy front in bombed trees (10)

  •  6  Parable about securing deal before trial (4,10)

  •  7  Make one soldier desert complex (6)

  •  8  She has to hit back when in charge (6)

  •  9  Pants, blouse, "No Dad", the wear of Elizabethans (7,3,4)

  • 14 Least likely to crack, as one in financial probe? (10)

  • 16 Spiteful heart in evil demise (8)

  • 17 One obsession very soon masked by effect of growing up (8)

  • 19 Ready to welcome Black Prince (6)

  • 20 Madman having a turn, as they say (6)

  • 23 8mm lines near centre (4)

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