Azed No. 2,656 solution & notes

Rules and requests

Across 11, o cot + l in anag.; 14, Biba (rev.); ref. fashion chain; 16, tab l in anag.;

19, rec(K)on + dense; 25, cf. worts; 28, x + 1 in as; 30, 1 + Brian in net; ref B. Cox, actor or scientist; 32, i.e. ng in tee (t).

3, ita (rev.) + shoo!; 6, then E in bliss; 15, one x in anag.; 21, ‘s in E thete; 27, a in nix (rev.).

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Azed No. 2,656 winners

Cat Snodding, Newark, Nottinghamshire; Robert Whale, Twyford, Berkshire; Gordon Nicolson, Leslie, Fife