CRYP TIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Books for famous steam trains based here? Fools ride so excitedly (4,2,5) 10 Learner within corps
kept in the dark (5) 11 Putting the accent on
it, plies her trade (9) 12 As partners, going off
work in principle (9) 13 Worker I caught in prank (5) 14 Cleaner polished off
and quit (6) 16 Entertainer cultivated
ad income (8) 18 Cleaner old Lib-Dem is
fascinating (8) 20 Father collars Republican
— he does go on (6) 23 Accoutrement somewhat
fantastic (5) 24 Lain out absorbing promise in president’s first speech? (9) 26 A nice urn’s smashed — this might help to replace it (9) 27 It’s exciting — perfect maybe (5) 28 A neat player fouled somewhere close to goal (7,4)
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2 Concentrated attack thus brings in victory the French held up (5) 3 Beg for space outing? (7) 4 Groovy kind of light
is legendary (6) 5 Offering old boy nothing in the way of classical language (8) 6 Cause astonishment in old forces’ sweetheart with energy (7) 7 Monarch exercising
quainter voice (5,8) 8 Detective tightly controlling
precinct (8) 9 1’s railway boss stays perhaps (3,10) 15 Pure eating is
correct (8) 17 A fashionable American soldier’s turned up, succeeding in getting badges (8) 19 Tennis player — you could see me once with head of racket broken (7) 21 Great at being at sea? Then this is for you (7) 22 Obvious protection
for inventor (6) 25 Register cooker (5)