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ACROSS
1 Medium for example, one used by foremost of landscape painters? (6)
5 Hollyhock used to be slightly docked (6)
9 Dressed elaborately in US State capital, somebody getting degree (11)
10 Soldier keeps period free for the bird (9)
12 Garments out of place in UK bars (6)
13 Stokes opening after Cook returned, bringing expressions of surprise (5)
17 Rope restricting male slave (5)
19 One unruly adolescent brought about rent transferred to another (8)
20 Outbreak of diseases in coastal areas (8)
21 Showing failure to hear what’s in front of meadow (5)
23 Weak in the end, without muscle (5)
25 Old coach provided backing on some land (6)
26 Royals not normally seen around throne in Russian city (9)
27 Waitress with large bust could be a special one (11, two words)
28 Poetry contest that’s stretching one ignored (6)
29 Wig favoured on circuit not right (6)
DOWN
1 Managed to enter clause almost in parchment skin (8)
2 Going off under fish for the kill (10)
3 Polish crossword setter briefly in South American city (5, two words)
4 One inside prize ring is a boxer at last (8)
5 Broad wicket to plan — Australia’s opener dismissed (4)
6 Composer hack admonished when marches omitted (8)
7 Was right contracted cleaner used in base? (8)
8 A day in Rome conceals no end of research (4)
11 Rustic produces a soft fruit (10)
14 White cop hit Native American (8)
15 Some yarn about poppy-like plants (8)
16 Excellent screens with respect to scale (8)
18 Unused land in say, London was everything hospital wanted (8)
22 Stray hounds without lead instant messaging picked up (5)
23 Sturgeon’s to stop abnormal growth, by the sound of it (4)
24 Weapon taken up by Warner Bros (4)
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Post your solution to Mephisto 2869, The Sunday Times, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF, or email puzzle.entries@sunday-times.co.uk. The first correct solution picked at random after next Saturday wins a Whitaker’s Almanack worth £50. Four runners-up will each receive £20. The Chambers Dictionary 13th edition is the primary reference. Readers may e-mail comments or queries to puzzle.feedback@sunday-times.co.uk
SOLUTION TO MEPHISTO 2867
Across: 1 Chalk, 5 Allowed, 11 Orseille, 12 Anta, 13 Bad boy, 14 Lounge, 15 Avesta, 16 Muttonheaded, 18 Titlers, 21 Newsmen, 25 Flower-deluce, 26 Ratite, 28 Urania, 29 Atonal, 30 Tirr, 31 Legoland, 32 Idlesse, 33 Mynas
Down: 1 Coalman, 2 Astute, 3 Lean-to, 4 King of metals, 5 Al dente, 6 Leave the room, 7 Ordeal, 8 Webs, 9 Esoteric, 10 Dryad, 17 Unelated, 19 Indulge, 20 Sweards, 22 Swinge, 23 Flatly, 24 Zunian, 25 Frati, 27 Toil
SOLUTION TO MEPHISTO 2868
Across: 1 Slop, 4 Sparable, 11 Paramos, 13 Tean, 14 Accend, 15 Ichor, 16 Pointe, 17 Triandria, 18 Sporule, 23 Pshawed, 26 Biomarker, 28 Asante, 30 Riels, 31 Taxeme, 32 Airn, 33 Starets, 34 Solander, 35 Pyet
Down: 1 Speiss, 2 Lance prisado, 3 Orthros, 5 Pontil, 6 Recon, 7 Ascidia, 8 Bien, 9 Lenticellate, 10 Endear, 12 Marrum, 19 Romneya, 20 Sheria, 21 Sweeney, 22 Abatis, 24 Sklate, 25 Desist, 27 Atman, 29 Axel
Please note: Starting with Mephisto 2868, the solution will be printed one week after the puzzle.
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Winners
Mephisto 2866
Rupert Cousens, Oxford,
Joan Carper, Sevenoaks, Kent,
John Kitchen, Breachwood Green, Hertfordshire,
R Lowe, Nailsbourne, Somerset,
Ralph Thomas, Oxford