CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Knowing about old pages becoming loose (6)

4 Part of speech given at one by male, word for word (8)

10 Bad pint outside free house having a lot of problems (2,3,4) 11 Frequently fall in value after shares initially dropped (5) 12 Sailing ship’s gone out with maximum on board (7) 13 Everlasting Love finally learnt with different arrangement (7) 14 Prime Minister, extremely believable? Perhaps (5) 15 Soft target not hard to come across, so it’s said (4,4) 18 Rich source of oil, also containing diamonds (4-2-2) 20 Keen on securing right opening (5)

23 Thrifty management shown by small company spreading money about (7)

25 Similar to barking wildly (4,3) 26 Some Chablis, seventh heaven (5)

DOWN

1 A legitimate target, Aunt Sally for example (4,4)

2 Drama after away defeat? (7) 3 Part flour, a little at a time (9) 5 Poker-faced, and lost for words? (14)

6 Dealer, almost penniless (5) 7 Abridged film associated with a fairy queen (7) 27 Gathered adult son looked like failing to get on (9) 28 Ominous, nun ringing home (8) 29 Public brawl – see Father after a fine a year later (6) 8 Complaint from team about leaders of Football League (3,3) 9 Depressed over note, and nearly drunk, take a trip here? (4,6,4) 16 Book me in King’s Head with a member, female (4,5) 17 Cunning about soldiers discharged in a corrupt manner (8)

19 Feeling movement after onset of earthquake (7) 21 Acrobat one used to drink with? (7) 22 Jobless heading off, possibly for a Greek island (6)

24 Love unaltered watering hole (5)