The Birthday Baffler

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Across
  1. 3. Dashing pilot? (6, 3)
  2. 4. Quite an inspiration for Harriet Whimsey (7, 1, 6)
  3. 7. See Pip trill at that little bat!
  4. 8. What Mrs. _______ saw! (Original title for ‘4.50 from Paddington’)
  5. 11. He’s still a bit green, but that Italian ghoul seems delectable (8, 9)
  6. 14. a bit like a stag?
  7. 16. “Choose from our catalogue of up to _____ other squid”
  8. 17. Name of Caroline’s noble hound in ‘Cabin Pressure’
Down
  1. 1. What Phryne Fisher was supposed to be christened as
  2. 2. A real page-turner of a drink
  3. 5. Angry alternative name thrown at Hercules’ companion (5, 8)
  4. 6. It sounds like gene technology is getting pretty sharp
  5. 8. Go looking for dirty birds?
  6. 9. Hot exec sends me a new version of French philosophy (3, 6, 3)
  7. 10. Flower, a bit like grandpa?
  8. 12. Harrison married a citrus fruit?! Well, boys will be boys (10, 4)
  9. 13. Hurt miss Jade and she will laugh so evilly (3, 5)
  10. 15. Dog stops quickly and ruins sharp stick (10)