Accessible version of Quiptic crossword No 149

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Blanks

  • Line 1: A B O
  • Line 2: B D F H J L N O
  • Line 3: H
  • Line 4: B D F H J L N
  • Line 5: H
  • Line 6: B D F H I J L N
  • Line 7: F
  • Line 8: B C D E F H J K L M N
  • Line 9: J
  • Line 10: B D F G H J L N
  • Line 11: H
  • Line 12: B D F H J L N
  • Line 13: H
  • Line 14: A B D F H J L N
  • Line 15: A N O

Across

  1. (1C) Staff job that racing drivers like to get (4,8)
  2. (3A) Cooks eat last, if nothing else (2,5)
  3. (3I) Found place deserters rejected (5,2)
  4. (5A) Better half has bar installed in caravan (7)
  5. (5I) I beat Mohammed's cousin inside. The language! (7)
  6. (7A) Hung out type of shirt with loose back (5)
  7. (7G) Shapely or otherwise, is fooling around (9)
  8. (9A) Eccentric with banjo walking around Minehead is a casual labourer (3-3,3)
  9. (9K) Dog nipped companion (5)
  10. (11A) New timer engineers fitted into galley (7)
  11. (11I) Buries one inside it, crying (2,5)
  12. (13A) Rave about back support being brilliant (7)
  13. (13I) Still willing to hide one's hostility? (3,4)
  14. (15B) Happily married woman, blushing but polite (4-8)

Down

  1. (1C) Quiver for a short time in excitement (7)
  2. (1E) Green area fellow hired could be circular (7)
  3. (1G) Man with simulated fabric (9)
  4. (1I) Is standing, holding American hot food in Japan (5)
  5. (1K) On top of the bar there's a drink and something to eat (7)
  6. (1M) Liar not worried in court? (2,5)
  7. (2A) Bill tails pale man, which could lead to an arrest (6,6)
  8. (3O) Piano in style when played with a flageolet (5,7)
  9. (7I) Finish it in wrought iron for a presentation (9)
  10. (9C) Shrink with bad wind left patient for a bit (7)
  11. (9E) Finished a double length garment (7)
  12. (9K) One struggling to prevent title I overlooked being included (7)
  13. (9M) That is to say more about it was sycophantic (7)
  14. (11G) Divorcee with skill turned up more (5)