ALAN LEE’ S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO. 425

Across

1 Pleased with weight of bag. (9) 6 Top newsman dressed like Trudeau. (5)

9 Could he run effectively as country’s leader? (5)

10 Bird with strange tongue, good at imitating. (9)

11 Doctor moved cautiously and dug deeply. (7)

12 TV network covered Copps meeting tribesman. A handicapped one. (7)

13 For each close relative there’s a stubborn one. (9)

14 Stack of firewood cut with

unhappy result. (4)

18 Tower in Paris Exposition of

1931. (4)

19 Comrade of army officer briefly

joins association. (9) 24 Domineering criminal got ahead

though blemished. (7)

26 Ends support for pig in rowdy

conditions. (7)

27 Withdraw from sun’s heat. Head

for bar. (9)

28 Imprecise number having

fever. (5)

29 Dirty task is to take top spot. (5) 30 Works on some instruments or

others and makes calls. (9)

Down

1 Opens navel, pokes around reproductive organs. (6) 2 Successful ones, they say, are like a hockey player. (9)

3 Whack old filmstar for being slow. (8)

4 Thompson woman with no back-up from tribe. (7) 5 Tutor, English, uses old coin to open envelope. (7)

6 Told: choose the winners. (6)

7 and 15 Lerner-Loew play on N.A. tour owing pay. (5,4,5) 8 Follow as Roberts’ co-star left some verses. (8)

15 See 7 down.

16 Offer views in favour of nonmetric unit. (8)

17 Ignore this holiday. (8) 20 Senior told sternum is too

long. (7)

21 To those serving soup, lad’s

howlers lacked flourish. (7) 22 Worn out agent seized man in

picture. (6)

23 Judge fools with witness’s

bottom. (6)

25 Broods with Clio and her

sisters. (5)