The Cryptic
ACROSS
1. What you get from fishing can be a profit or a loss (3,6) 6. An illness, but strong forever (5)
9. Beat, turn, dance (5)
10. Lots of money for riverside buns (9)
11. Finding faults with service – could be explosive! (8,4) 13. Black, English and gaunt (5) 14. Precipitous – Murray rises quickly (8)
17. Big store rule for salad (8)
19. Club man to take a dip (5)
23. Earth’s devastating sorrows
(6,6)
25. Verdant light in a cold
country (9)
26. Two rings rate sex appeal (5) 27. Take fuel away from the
painter? (5)
28. It’s Othello’s wife – so dead
men assemble (9)
DOWN
1. See, no time for diamonds (6) 2. Evil snare returns over dance – but it’s meant for a game (6,4) 3. Movement following Eastern passion (7)
4. Optimistic about improvised pub tea (6)
5. Can Steve become a metal worker? (8)
6. Anticipate warning notice (7) 7. Random evil – it’s awful (4) 8. Irritable? Don’t lie down so much (8)
12. Luxury car said to inspire amoral hope (5,5)
15. Territory of uppity hound – it’s not my fault! (3,2,3)
16. Reluctant draw (8)
18. Lines of violins (7)
20. Paddles with hesitation, they say – but terrific! (7) 21. Article and verse – they’re positive! (6)
22. Australian maths devised – it
can leave you breathless (6) 24. Alban, composer of “Titanic’s
Nemesis” (4)