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i Cryptic Crossword No 395

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souxie | 12:36 Wed 16th May 2012 | Crosswords
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1 Across, US star,he is to get showbiz award shortly(6)
12 Across, Expert about to record early signs of impending storms threatening to engulf capital (13)
21 Acoss, NCO material? Perhaps soldier material at first(5,8)
1Down, Prince looks puzzled,collecting a hundred old coins (4-6)

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1a) HESTON [= U.S. star]
he is = HE'S, showbiz award shortly = TON(y)

12a) CLIMATOLOGIST [= expert]
about = C
to record = TO LOG
early signs of Impending Storms Threatening = I S T
to engulf = put those ^ outside...
capital = LIMA
C lima A TO LOG I S T

21a) DRILL SERGEANT [=nco] (give me a minute)

1d) HALF-CROWNS [= old coins]
prince = HAL
looks puzzled = FROWNS
collecting a hundred = put C inside that ^
HAL FcROWNS
1a.Heston
21a) explanation:-
perhaps soldier = ANT
material at first = DRILL + SERGE - 2 types of cloth incl. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/drill - and put those first
( in fact material? in first part of the clue give rise to DRILL)
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