CRYP tIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Burn part of a forest,

keeping U.S. green (10) 6 Green growth verges

on mouldiness (4) 9 Mere lad, fresh and green (7) 10 Cryptic clue about alien

planet’s last green stuff (7) 12 Notice quote in speech (5) 13 Italian composer linked to Spanish painter’s green pigment (9) 14 Opens wide, swallowing red,

purple and green fruits (6) 16 Explorer’s questionable

cronies (7) 18 Old article within had someone

ready to explode (7) 21 Green entirely taken

in by bully (6) 23 Claim heat ruined

green stone (9) 24 Scale chestnut’s

primary branch (5) 26 Lost pound, we confessed (5,2) 27 Fights about breakfast

fare: greens, maybe? (7) 28 Lake turned green (4) 29 Rise, carrying dish...

green one? (10) DOWN 1 Green Acres series, in part (5) 2 Someone who gets back a volume: Green Bananas (7) 3 Tribute to a Saint (5) 4 Some greens finish Currier’s partner (7) 5 Rush around place, and go on a spree (7) 7 Overuse adapted creative works (7) 8 Family members pace and call for help around noon (8) 11 Minor investigation involving six (7) 15 Having holes connected bit by bit, securing rope at the front (7) 17 Green emblem made of counterfeit diamond (8) 19 Remedy for pain: isolated time in retreat (7) 20 Doctor, high as a kite, came down gradually (7) 21 Herb cooked liver after church (7) 22 Green mineral oil spilled by runner (7) 24 Pens 100 Generations (5) 25 Attack enemy’s leader in defeat (5)