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I bet there was much muttering in the rabbit hutch too. Insert a word meaning hardly to have been believed (unlikely) into part of a verb meaning kickedĢ9a Intense as lifebelt may be described (7) TOTALLED I did dither a bit here as I wondered if the clue required something other than an unindicated American slang word meaning utterly destroyed as its solution. SPIDERS The last letter of playerS goes after an anagram (shattered) of PRIDESĢ8a Utterly destroyed and unlikely to have kicked about (8) MAGAZINE This arsenal is not the football team (as you might think because of the capital letter as the word starts the clue, but a place for military weapons and ammunition the second definition relates to a weekly publicationĢ7a Rests players at last after pride’s shattered (7) ROUBLE Some care and attention without (after losing) the abbreviation for Time OPEN SECRET The abbreviation used in cricket scoring to indicate a ‘duck’, some enclosures and a Greek island with the final letter moved to the front of the name (last given precedence)Ģ4a Money requires care and attention after losing time (6) HEAT Almost all of the surname of a Conservative Prime Minister from the early 1970sĢ2a It’s widely known duck enclosures on island last given precedence (4,6) SMIDGEONS A lad ‘holding’ a biting gnat-like flyĢ1a Feeling of pressure prime minister’s limited? (4) PANJANDRUM The first letter of Judge, a conjunction (with) and some alcoholic spirit go after a verb meaning to criticise harshly (censure)ġ5a European woman seeing sharp practice curtailed? (4)įRAU ‘Curtail’ or remove the final letter from some sharp practiceġ6a Lad’s holding fly that bites little bits (9) LETTER Replace the chess abbreviation for Bishop in a synonym for improved with the abbreviation for Lineġ3a Pompous official judge’s first with spirit after censure (10) MARBLING A feature of a choice cut of beefsteak (porterhouse) – a verb meaning to blemish and some conspicuous wealthġ2a Line needed for bishop in improved communication (6) Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.ġa Lloyd Webber musical mainly featuring naked floor show (7)ĬABARET Almost all (mainly) of a Lloyd Webber musical ‘featuring’ another word for nakedĩa Golf in Germany may need such a course (8)ĪUTOBAHN The course taken by a German make of car such as a Golfġ0a Game requiring select players to hold an ace (7)ĬANASTA A select group of players to ‘hold’ AN (from the clue), the result finished with the abbreviation for Aceġ1a Feature of Porterhouse that’s blemish on conspicuous wealth? (8) The time taken to solve my last two clues took this crossword over the border between a back page cryptic and a Toughie – making it another ‘ideal for newcomers to the Toughie’ crossword Toughie No 2762 by Logman Hints and tips by crypticsue