GK Crossword No. 48 (DT)
by Medusa

Across

A woman's sleeveless undergarment (7)
Highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians, smoked on ceremonial occasions, especially as a token of peace (7)
Name given in Britain to Mother's Day (9,6)
10 City in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage (4)
11 Projecting bay window corbelled or cantilevered out from a wall (5)
12 In Greek mythology, the Muse of history (4)
15 Soft silver-white ductile metallic element, liquid at normal temperatures (7)
16 Curved in the form of the letter S (7)
17 Slept lightly or for a short period of time (7)
19 Graduated glass tube used to transfer definite volumes of a liquid (7)
21 A place, often swollen, where a leaf is attached to a stem (4)
22 --- Quintet, chamber music work by Schubert (5)
23 Asian humped ox, Bos indicus (4)
26 Medicine used to stimulate muscle and bone growth banned for athletes (8,7)
27 German monetary unit (7)
28 Kind of English cheese (7)

Down

A finely woven white linen (7)
A phrase first used in the 1840s to denote the understanding between France and Britain (7,8)
Wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and North Africa having large recurved horns (4)
A witty saying; a quip (7)
Young swans (7)
Praise (4)
Not extreme, especially in politics but also in terms of music (6-2-3-4)
Gland whose overactivity leads to goitre (7)
13 Franz ---, Hungarian composer (5)
14 African country, capital Cairo (5)
17 Tanning device (7)
18 Grace ---, shipwreck rescue heroine (7)
19 --- acid, hydrocyanic acid (7)
20 South American country, capital Quito (7)
24 King of England from 1199 to 1216 (4)
25 Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle (4)

Solution


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