Cassowary Crossing

Last post we saluted the A-M of master clues, culled from sources faded and frayed in the year 2000. This post is the sequel, the premium gear from the same year, their answers opening with N to Z – or mostly anyway, as you’ll see.

Good luck in the cracking – but don’t rush. These babies are worth a dandle.

PREMIUM PICK OF 2000: N-Z

[The letter preceding each clue is the answer’s initial – except in the cases of X and Z.]

N) Logs to be chopped in corners (9)

O) Order to scram is this?! (9)

P) Fish and chips cooked with lard (9)

Q) It’s there for the asking! (8,4)

R) Wayward parachute doesn’t open (5)

S) Umbrella opening in bouncing hail (10)

T) Underground root primarily! (5)

U) Cuckoo nest situated in country (6,6)

V) Empty nested containers (6) 

W) Royal wedding brings a lump in the throat (7,4)

Contains an X) Church officer attacked when carrying cross (6)

Y) Brute rejected crop circles (5)

Contains a Z) Band near the top in releases, we hear (6)

SOLUTION NEXT WEEK

PREMIUM PICK 2000: A-M: Aspen, bungalow, corporeal, deface, entente, field goal, gentry, hybrid, iodine, jobs for the boys, kleptomaniac, limestone, merge

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