CRYP t i C CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Dew on a VW mistaken for hail

(4,4)

5 A northern spruce in Irish

county (6)

9 Overheard noble in the centre

of monumental structure (7) 10 Dad and tennis great confer (7) 11 Number-running joint,

in part (5)

12 Shocked expression completely

capturing an error (4,5) 13 Skilled worker trains a bum (7) 15 Be concerned about daughter’s

inner circle (5)

17 Starchy outfit I had (5) 19 Twelve swine going around

ninety (7)

22 Disregard pests caught

by Ned (5,4)

25 Post office holding Fleming’s

set of keys? (5)

26 Beans go bad in food

container (7)

27 Having a closed mind,

I got in bed (7)

28 Diarist taken in by humorist in

decline (6)

29 Fine spa destroyed after 50

years of existence (8)

DOWN

1 A stone from a fruit eaten by Wisconsin deer (6)

2 Covered porch disguised a red van (7)

3 Granted, around the first of May, I was in the driver’s seat (9)

4 Wife exchanged vow with sports fanatic’s wife? (5)

6 Fabric only reordered by name (5)

7 Blasted present returned (7) 8 Pretentious in “Mister Ed,” and made to suffer (8)

10 Charge Knicks for the audience where the Suns play (7) 14 Wild gibbons crying (7) 15 Bubbly winner a long time gaining first in Nationals (9)

16 Mint and a bit of nutmeg in beer (5,3)

18 Composer, surrounded by booze, yields (5,2)

20 Turn on what’s happening, eating pastry (5,2) 21 Unemotional court TV room (6)

23 Mostly dressing bird (5)

24 Name one independent Arab emirate (5)