| CRYPTIC NO. 44 |
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| ACROSS 1 Illegal drug I injected in busy Ottawa street. (6) 5 Canada's railway system involved in vehicle with luxury food. (6) 10 Spaniard cheers about Brazilian city's birds. (7) 11 Prophet mentioned part of ear. (7) 12 Piece of hardware not available near Illinois. (4) 13 Frontman has corrupt angle in condition of contract. (10) 15 Voter backing part covering East Connecticut. (7) 16 Revealing footwear has started causing public outrage. (7) 17 Additional comments absorb enthusiast of seabirds. (7) 20 Six sheep have started ramming audience. (7) 22 Impractical beliefs in a new order. (10) 23 Returned letter from prestigious English school. (4) 25 I've sent back North Carolina edition, as indicated. (7) 26 Passes back around a couple of rattlesnakes in coils. (7) 27 Stopped compact disc, having lack of difficulty. (6) 28 Return as small and sleek. (6) |
| DOWN 2 Building closed if ice holds. (7) 3 Solo composition from Scandinavian city. (4) 4 Initially nervous as class gets more unpleasant. (7) 5 Alters a hundred drapes around mid September. (7) 6 It averaged fluctuations of many colours and patterns. (10) 7 Add acre in construction decorated with arches. (7) 8 Balances precious stone, somehow. (13) 9 Lets Sens share terrible lack of compassion. (13) 14 Stonecutter ancestors' revealing words. (10) 18 Dies of complications involving initial fall in hockey zone. (7) 19 Teased after front of skirt slipped. (7) 20 Suitcases from Alabama held in tight grips. (7) 21 East Northwest Territories inclement weather is drag. (7) 24 Fog failed to hit, sounds like. (4) |