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2631:Nine capitalists

issue 18 November 2023

The unclued lights are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer with the help of the red squares which must be read in order row by row. Ignore one apostrophe and an acute accent, elsewhere.

Across

9    Terrible President out on a limb at heart, troubled (10)

14    Courier company raises its charges (3)

16    Make one see red – possibly green and a touch of amber! (6)

17    Author moving gently, dropping article (5)

20    Mathematician coming across wife in Milton Keynes, say (3,4)

22    Travels by plane and a Roman road to Timeless Test (7)

24    Highbrow title is affected (7)

25    Sounding like Matilda’s creator’s Indian dishes (5)

26    Youngster central to 19, sadly (5)

28    See what people say? (3-4)

31    Humble US soldier and his heron (4,3)

33    Some eighty pesetas for what compositors do (7)

37    Manage backing hot date (5)

38    Philosopher and squad not working (5)

39    Vermin eating the Spanish honey badgers (6)

40    Gold cape for ogre in Tolkien’s work (3)

41    Leo’s lot is the greatest (5,5)

Down

1    Dearest harrow ordered here? (8,5)

2    Twisted insult (5)

3    European bison left – is inside (6)

4    Swear words as poor Botham’s losing his British Medal (5)

6    Poor Neser, disheartened – got married – revived (7)

7    Kelvin’s casual playing of the horn (6)

8    Easter gifts gratefully supplied as starters (4)

10    Pancakes with awnings, not drawn first, around one (6)

12    Chic youngsters see no jeers due, surprisingly (8,5)

15    Style we recreated in such a charming way (7)

23    Song sung by the chorus getting criticism that’s explosive (7)

27    Two girls touching Australian parakeet (7)

29    Wholly at home, child given love (2,4)

30    Boy taking cannabis.

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