Cryptic Puzzle #26

by Jim Sherman

     
       
     
         
           
       
         
         
       
                                         

A.   Grounds to support turning cart (8)

B.   Board member, perhaps, is one about to enter proposal
(7)

C.   Root chopping is hard (6)

D.   Egg plate returned (3)

E.   Put an end to discharge (9)

F.   Gathered in one place, it would make fruit fall (3)

G.   Admit a large base (5)

H.   Head assembly for mad hospital (8)

I.   Is thallium in the symbol of Scotland? (7)

J.   Influence crime after it`s begun (4)

K.   Settle upon broken-down patch (5)

L.   Select and bring around present (6)

M.   Name a river running through secure territory (7)

N.   Growth in broadcast grains (4)

O.   Horseman sides with true queen (8)

P.   Beat that woman to this spot (6)

Q.   All ears - otherwise tentative (9)

R.   Sensational singing including a hit (9)

S.   Holy man and king entering competition (5)

T.   Fabric also used in a secret rite (7)

U.   Letter about popular animal (5)

V.   Mutant, ghost and vampire lovers! (5)

W.   Written in "The Pit..." - a phenomenonal inscription
(7)

X.   Repudiate insult and confess (6)

Y.   Gold outpaces yen in the final test (7)

Z.   Polynesian land is undiluted, despite the odds (4)

AA.   Company left protected by a reckless yet loyal servant
(7)

AB.   Gemini effect finally succeeds (5)

AC.   Cold storage place for keeping jewelry? (6)

AD.   Showroom door (6)

AE.   Beginner turning on to depravity (6)