National Post

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

ACROSS 1 Self-evident name fits, weirdly (8) 5 Put an end to whisky (6) 10 Gravity in terrible song of sorrow (5) 11 Self-driven gent, finally wearing gold ring, was married (9) 12 Minimal show of relief about lawyer’s first trial (9) 13 Material otherwise left over (5) 14 Tipsy chef shows spirit (6) 16 A scourge, for the most part: stray cats (7) 19 Error in records for money gambled away (7) 21 Slick when wearing neutral colour (6) 23 Russian currency law broken by British (5) 25 Self-indulgent sort rehearsed remark about French composer (9) 27 Selfsame cryptic in dialect (9) 28 Shine coming from single amethyst (5) 29 Split personalit­y’s bad side rhymed poorly (2,4) 30 Part of oneself keeping quite behind schedule is lonely (8) DOWN 1 Self-effacing ways with tribe’s leader (6) 2 Russians disturbed about Conservati­ve, self-absorbed youth (9) 3 Character coming back with hot meat (5) 4 Cat sees I am mad (7) 6 Self-assurance comes up, or otherwise (9) 7 Complete baby, Pacino (5) 8 Robbery interrupte­d by Mafia boss, self-indulgent one (8) 9 It acts strangely passive (6) 15 Mentioned about formerly feeling too much self-importance (9) 17 Practicing self-denial, without eating container of cookies (9) 18 Self-sacrifice rituals upset mass (8) 20 Join Chief of Police in piece of cake (6) 21 Eats in a hurry, and talks turkey? (7) 22 One with me in bed was wearing a big smile (6) 24 Tree in sandy area by the sound (5) 26 Mostly entertain sovereign (5)

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