Across
By no fluke does this slow the boat down (3,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Rufus likes his nautical references, and this is a fairly technical one: a fluke is a kind of blade on an ship’s anchor, designed to catch the ground. A sea anchor doesn’t have flukes, but works by using the drag of the water to slow the ship down.
Blissful time, messing about idly on lake (5)
Person who makes no effort to move (9)
Good man has criminal to hide away (5)
Bloomers are old-fashioned wear (6)
Grass seen at home earlier (8)
One thousand troops heading southeast in huge formation (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MEN SE
Ship, possibly a tramp (7)
Swell position for a batsman (8)
Abeam on a ship? (6)
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Abeam = a beam = A BOARD
About twelve inches? (5)
Treatment for a stoop? The appropriate specialist here (9)
Scene of a towering row (5)
Improvement of action due to training (9)
Down
Have second thoughts about hypocrisy (6)
Killing of many people over a defined area (8)
Cakes once cooked aboard ship (6)
Region that is not party to the convention (7)
Journalist's turn to ride (6)
Quartz watch that doesn't look real? (5,3)
A force raised at some distance (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A + reverse of R.A.F.
Soldier carrying sailors? (3-2-3)
Bird that is cut up and smoked (4)
A course for non-drivers (8)
Disease possibly spread by water (7)
Unruly hordes in the Mediterranean (6)
Means business (6)
Share out in rota (6)
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