Last Week’s Cryptic
ACROSS
1. Regurgitate rubbish fish – and get a medico (6)
4. Payback for unfortunate rare slip (8)
9. Good man with superior comedy style (5-2)
11. Sounds like sneezes, and what you need for them (7)
12. Run Australian 500 with two individuals – they run from the centre to the circumference! (5)
13. Terriers found in the atmosphere of English valleys (9)
14. Police chief – a snake! (10)
16. Pelt small family (4)
19. Belt small remains (4)
20. 1000 rise in the pavilion (10) 22. Three directions to the actors
with the French port city (9) 23. Radical sounding touring
schedule (5)
25. Warning: support needed for
the front of the beast (7)
26. Wrecked vessel, small amount, then zero – an insidious drug (7)
27. Spot drunks (8)
28. Publicity opening on the
way (6)
DOWN
1. Hell around tough regions (9) 2. Vegetable singed, we hear (5) 3. A sundial for the veteran?
(3-5)
5. Internet meant trouble – but it provides amusement (13) 6. Dwell about the team (6)
7. Old money, five – fifty with a small car or a Greek feed! (9)
8. Leans and rolls (5)
10. Resist seduction – drama incomprehensible! (4,4,2,3) 15. Father’s weapons used for identification (9)
17. Dug endless – just beat the opposition (6,3)
18. Cites a source, like about writer (8)
21. Run fast, work past impudence
(6)
22. Note found in the middle of lifting a heavy weight – Jack Sprat’s diet (2,3)
24. One French, 150 English – it’s
relative! (5)
Solution next week