Scores:
Denise 1 answer
Lyn 9 answers
Odette 16 answers
Where are the other big hitters, Alex and Sandy? I await bumper emails from both.
O, you're still close on 10 across. Keep trying.
L, wrong on 37 across and O beat you by 23 minutes on 9 down.
I've amended the clue for 54 across - wrong number of letters, sorry.
ACROSS:
6. Dismal.(4)
10. Pull this when telling tall tales.(3,5,3)
16. For geeks:
18. --- Wallach, Ugly from "The Good, the bad and the Ugly".(3)
19. Andrew Lloyd's partner.(3)
20. We say "Less" when we should say "-----",(5)
23. Me? no.(3)
31. Employ.(3)
32. Possibly one time too many.(3,5)
35. Like this clue.(6)
37. Agreement from an individual.(6)
39. Cruel.(8)
42. For geeks: invert the following logic.(3)
43. Large, flightless bird. Not you, lynny.(3)
44. Required for endurance sports, and for compiling crosswords.(7)
47. Ancient hill. Lots of these in New Mills.(3)
48. Three of these made a terrible racket then went back to opera.(3)
49. Language of Iran.(5)
52. Become 30 across.(3)
54. Female dancer.(4)
58. Blues legend, aka McKinley Morganfield.(5,6)
63. Can be flat, toe-clip or SPuD.(6)
64. In a short while.(4)
DOWN:
3. Grounds.(8)
4. Irish indy rock band.(3)
7. Eye discharge.(5)
8. The seat of consciousness.(4)
11. Not from heaven.(7)
14. Zombies do this repeatedly.(6,2,3)
15. Variety of Tree.(3)
17. They can be wild, chosen or bit-of-a.(4)
22. "A dark and hungry God ------", Stephen Donaldson novel.(6)
23. Young people.(6)
28. Slang word for power or influence.(5)
29. Can be King, dirty or shithouse.(3)
33. Pole.(5)
34. Make sterile.(6)
40. Female pronoun.(3)
44. Ah, the sound of these on a frosty winters morning. I miss it.(7)
45. Borrow, colloquial.(4)
46. Ate.(5)
49. Thermal containers.(6)
50. To compost.(3)
53. Flammable moss.(4)
55. Norse god.(4)
59. Can be lucky, sheep or salsa.(3)
60. Stash of money, colloquial.(3)
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