Crossword first published by Mensa January 2006

Every letter of the alphabet appears at least once in the solution.

ACROSS

1. A little sausage – garnish it may be –
Upsets a pilot while a guest for tea. (9)
8. Rock fade. (5)
9. Exclusive folk ask one question in here, for example. (6)
11. Quiet dog causing waste of time on education. (5)
14. General’s matter found settled. (4)
16. Attend, getting the police round. (4)
17. No work by ladies going for a spell, perhaps. (8)
18. This prestigious award could mean a dinner. (4)
19. One third of internet back float. (4)
21. In tough grass, Josephine trimmed an aromatic herb. (8)
22. Popular additive requires left-handed stirs. (4)
24. The tie is yellow, so we hear. (4)
25. Power is a bad thing if we go on being abused. (5)
28. Move into a home next to a sacred tower. (6)
29. Venture without prescribing good limits. (5)
30. Puzzled: by sixty deep problems? (9)

DOWN

2. Enchanting quality melting cold prejudice. (4)
3. Phosphorus substitute may follow 5. (4)
4. Put down by about-face. (4)
5. Energy being found short by opposition may lead to 3. (5)
6. Defender tangles with goalpost and lets one in. (9)
7. Scattered in all directions: a right mess. (6)
10. Part of star seems to be heavy metal. (4,4)
12. A fair translation into German and with boldness. (8)
13. Little solid representation given alien in Act. (9)
15. Dicky is the boss: a total character. (5)
16. Back road beginning between Yass West and Yass. (5)
20. A doctor turning Lincoln into a single cell! (6)
23. Dutch punishment by English kind of suspension. (5)
25. The first course, maybe, is leading to this degree. (4)
26. Men who get worried about a reputation. (4)
27. The universal greeting of mankind
Made light of by the scientific mind. (4)

Copyright Richard Blake December 2005

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