Last Week’s Cryptic
D E P O S I T O R Y H A J J O E T H A N O P L A T O N I S T S B I L L E S R R H A M L
Y O U M U S T B E C R A Z Y R U W T O E T R A P P E A R A N T I H E R O T R A E N G I S T A N B U L A T E A S E O I I T G H T R N O T O N Y O U R N E L L Y
A A G B E H A B L O N E R A C E C O U R S E L I H C L G N Y M C A A N T E C E D E N T
ACROSS
1. One nation? One’s in another nation (9)
6. Report of less smart hairs (5) 9. Eggs held in pouch? A redfaced condition (7)
10. Is Turnbull back? I see, I hear he has become a Muslim (7) 11. Gloss over that woman with directions (5)
12. Happy rock for the old bag (9) 13. Greek character with
directions to French river (5) 14. Send back irrational Englishman – and his church clock! (9)
17. Ugh – her rat is decaying on the mat (9)
18. Four, alternative unknown banned import (5)
19. Rodeo mare provides a landing place (9)
22. 150 fat English nearby (5)
24. Sydney’s perimeter restrains
organisations (7)
25. Impression 999 – advertising
for individual territory (7)
26. Transmits aim on board (5) 27. Lost pen? I’m distrait – an
idiot (9)
DOWN
1. Knight and princess raise legendary Welsh giant (5) 2. Hasler – a fiend with a misunderstood wife (9) 3. Midday around cold trial – but I won’t fight (2,7)
4. Footwear around America includes mirth in abattoirs (15)
5. Wild, steaming mailman with raw sex appeal! (6,9) 6. Reportedly trades in biological units (5)
7. Maybe an arm ring for a Caribbean dance (5) 8. Embattled Yemen follows cunning principal adversary (9)
13. Practises concerning funeral vehicles (9)
15. Headmaster with integrity, we hear (9)
16. Bean counter comes into hot
water (9)
20. Rinse out gum (5)
21. Badly edits food programs (5) 23. Fed up with posh school
audience (5)