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The European Crossword No. 46 – solution

My first thought, on revisiting this, was to wonder what the European connections required by this outlet were – HANG-GLIDING and MAINSAILS don’t exactly do the job, and none of the longer words (10/11 letters) is what you might call ‘thematic’.  But there was quite a lot going in the shorter answers, and IRISH is in overtly.  rather a lot of homophones in the clues for me, I thought – also perhaps a bit odd, given the multi-lingual nature of the enterprise.

ACROSS

1              HANG-GLIDING; g lid in hanging

7              DUB; bud (rev.)

9              MAINSAILS; mains ails

10           REPEL; hidden

11           RHENISH; anag. inc. h,h

12           MORDRED; ‘more dread’

13           CONCENTRIC; anag. – a in cc

16           SING; Sing (Sing)

18           MARK; mar k

19           MISCONDUCT; M is con duct

22           TREETOP; ‘treat’ o P

23           CORACLE; Co. + l in race

25           SUITE; ‘sweet’

26           EMPTINESS; anag.

27           EON; E + no. (rev.)

28           KIERKEGAARD; anag.

DOWN

1              HOMERIC; home ric(h)

2              NOISE; I in nose

3              GOSSIPED; g + anag.

4              IRISH; I + h sir (rev.)

5              INSOMNIAC; in so m(a)niac

6/7         GERARD DEPARDIEU; anag.

8              BULLDOG; bull + dog

14           NORWEGIAN; no + anag.

15           TAILPIECE; ‘tale peace’

17           SNORTING; Ron (rev.) in sting

18           MATISSE; a(r)t in misse(d)

20           TRESSED; dessert (rev.)

21           STREAK; re in stak(e)

23           CAPEK; C ape K

24           CHEKA; initial letters
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