Across
SIMPLE SIMON
BORODIN
WASPISH
GRATE
EXORCISER
LIE-ABED
SHAWLIE
GLADDON
VALIANT
SASKATOON
PARSI
SALT EEL
TAURINE
MOSES BASKET
Down
SURNAME
MIDGE
LINSEED
SAW LOGS
MUSIC HALL
NAINSEL
BUGOLOGISTS
HARVEST MITE
BEDMAKERS
ABSALOM
NOODLES
VENETIA
AIRLIFT
PLUCK
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Hi, I’ve finished Kropotkin 1032 but can’t see how to parse 21 down. Pluck is a suitable definition for bottle but I don’t understand the wordplay and would be grateful if you can enlighten me
Good question, Philip! The clue is really just two definitions – as you point out, ‘pluck’ is a synonym for courage or ‘bottle’. It also has the meaning of the heart etc of an animal to be used as food. See https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pluck