National Post (National Edition)

CRYP tIC CROSSWORD

- By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

ACROSS

7 Certain relatives one lets loose (7)

8 Something to sleep on eaten by Rita: cheese (7)

10 Something in the cemetery he notices: shade (9)

11 Beat broth after stirring (5) 12 Party held for a famous knight (7)

14 Forcing leader of race into pool event (7)

15 Ancient list had all shoes revamped (2,3,2,3,5) 18 Banderas reformulat­ed a notion (7)

20 Ancient Egyptian and Mia in conversati­on (7)

22 Bring on hot mutt (5) 23 Correct stitch for the audience’s wedding outfit (9) 25 Issue for treason: eliminatin­g the leader (7)

26 Frank comes across raisins in cereal (7)

DOWN

1 Oil giant altered engraved

design (8)

2 Bad art model set in front of

school (6)

3 Heads of our schools

love our capital city (4) 4 Devil’s in the know about

Republican alliance (10) 5 Like a drunk holding cup

from the Highlands (8) 6 Passage in Verdi brutishly rejected composer (6) 7 Agatha’s hike is poorly lit (2,4,2,1,4)

9 I guess a boa has disturbed giant (2,3,2,1,5)

13 Supported by shelter after record unease (10)

16 Odd diner rearranged with branches (8)

17 Like some bread split by Ned (8) 19 Performanc­e involved in little jerk’s scheme (6)

21 Okay climb verbally (6) 24 Circles South American mountain (4)

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