Puzzletome Crossword Puzzles
September 2024 Monthly Crossword
September III
Seven of the eight nine-letter answers contain three (and only three) consecutive letters from the word SEPTEMBER, in the same position. The clues for these omit the three relevant letters from the wordplay.
| Across | | 1 | Pure sustained attack allowed to ferment (13) | | 10 | Port island very backwards (5) | | 11 | Snaky liar in scandal (9) | | 12 | Conceal Detective Inspector with less sophistication (9) | | 13 | Saying nothing after French word a bit tawdry (5) | | 14 | Building conversation with Belarus at regular intervals (7) | | 16 | Cure for lack of guitar playing? (7) | | 18 | Bone method fit for relating to absorption (7) | | 20 | Reactant pair found in chicken compound in liver (7) | | 22 | Software license features reminder (5) | | 24 | Rash limit (pico-cycles) (9) | | 26 | Pairs of investigators scrutinise rich writer (9) | | 27 | Ground sweetheart down for Yankee (5) | | 28 | Pernicious ban on gamer and rubbish dealer (3-3-4,3) |
| | Down | | 2 | Woman has facial hair in new area? Ace (7) | | 3 | Reduction beat an administration (9) | | 4 | Invested in wealth, robbing pound (5) | | 5 | Yet another uniform soldiers take home initially (9) | | 6 | Fool with maiden replacing shirt, so to speak? (5) | | 7 | Wet magazine returned to sender? (7) | | 8 | Energy supplier circular - do not open! (9,4) | | 9 | Salary mostly with Greek character - can I do harm without talking? (13) | | 15 | Ascended for cup, smashed top of pot? (9) | | 17 | Filthy lucre Henry stored in tomb (9) | | 19 | Male is lost around single female (7) | | 21 | Construction around plot taking time (7) | | 23 | Roman group spies around city (5) | | 25 | Poor temperature control here? (5) |
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