Cryptic Crossword: September 2002


Eight clues contain subsidiary indications which lead to partial answers. In each case, the answer is completed by inserting (in short) 11 5 16, an instructive activity with which Oxford University Press is associated.

Across

Dreadful act, disregarding a command (6)
Song sung vigorously, live? Right (6)
Number to strive, beginning to study new things (9)
Snug shelters established in Nova Scotia (5)
11 See preamble (7)
12 Shout about start of unusual savagery (7)
13 Lad comprehending diameter and bulk (4)
14 Lack of care for example in treatment of nice glen (10)
17 Hollywood element with broadcast? (10)
19 Pranksters detained by prim psychologist (4)
22 One animal going back inside and getting medicine (7)
24 Regret having to restrict regular income (7)
26 Religious teacher moved through water beside island (5)
27 Mixture of sad 'n' droll publicans (9)
28 Figure of speech, in endless enthusiasm, mug misused (6)
29 Three-eighths of medicine dissolved (6)

Down

Thick part of wooden seat (5)
Wrecked, talked wildly about silver (7)
Group of languages, elegant, not hard (6)
ABC is terribly fundamental (5)
See preamble (8)
Greek letter with no falsehood turned up, including postscript (7)
Most dubious throws during bout (8)
10 Cunning new lessons, omitting nothing, about latest technology (7)
13 Sells fish, cutting risks (7)
15 Sullen, or softening? (8)
16 See preamble (8)
18 Salt and egg with value (7)
20 Time to climb inside sweet turret (7)
21 Graceful second verse with energy (6)
23 Rising commercial area at river's mouth (5)
25 Stopped, not cold, and relaxed (5)

Solution