CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across 1. Used to make a point (5,6) 8. Trial us for the customs (7) 9. Is lazy when it comes to laughs on the internet I hear (5) 10. Wends off snow-shoed in the channel (4)

11. You will find one going flat out on the pond? (7)

12 & 17ac. Delay and get the sack (3,3)

13. California had Odin’s brother in a hollowed out bank (4)

15. If you are not sure it could be a grey one (4)

17. See 12

19. Wise when it comes to South African pie from the Northern Territory (7)

20. Turn around and bites you (4)

23. Grab hold of Cleopatra initially with little snake (5) 24. Laud tea just to flatter you (7) 25. Used to take the bit between the teeth (6,5) Down

1. A pouring at home. Are you said to be quiet about it? (6)

2. The deacon initially gets it with the church to throw away (5)

3. No tape for the taxpayer. Just a plate (1-3)

4. Sunlit but was an affront (6) 5. Foil – like a gingko in autumn (4-4)

6. Asleep, right? Or has the sickness returned (7)

7. Be adjacent to the second team we hear (6)

12. Paper net that will never get old? (5,3)

14. When your hands go like the clappers? (7)

16. He chops y’ up in this horror. What a nutter! (6)

17. Back to just out of Wellington? No - Canada (6)

18. Except the organisation on the French ship (6)

21. “Greek philosopher found on the moon” (5)

22. What the three pigs dreaded got them in a bad mood (4) Yesterday

Across: 1. Dosh, 3. Epistles, 9. Snicker, 10. Eager, 11. Cleft, 12. Treaty,

14. Refuse, 16. Agrees, 19. Corset, 21. Outdo, 24. Ample, 25. Envious,

26. Endorses, 27. Reel.

Down: 1. Dustcart, 2. Slide, 4. Pirate, 5. Sieve, 6. Legatee, 7. Spry,

8. Skates, 13. Espousal, 15. Flopped, 17. Groove, 18. Steeve, 20. Spear,

22. Those, 23. Pale.