CRYP TIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 One might deal with canine depression – it’s barking (7) 5 Cat might do this endlessly – sit to get desired goal (7)

9 Loud child oddly easily understood (5)

10 Bringing up issue? (9)

11 Trade spread, creating congestion (7,3)

12 Floor not right upstairs – the other way (4)

14 Ended nice meandering about writer’s freedom (12) 18 Randomly counting carts leaving a building (12) 21 American base leader of squadron takes advantage of (4)

22 Work place hostility (10)

25 Bury the Queen after France and Spain get involved (9)

26 Model learner follows hypothesis (5)

27 Stepped over to cover chap asleep (7) 28 Gold rubbish I’d returned, one hears (7)

DOWN

1 Swell girl departed (6)

2 By the sound of it, drank a delicious beverage (6)

3 Article that might be vague (10) 4 Question to policeman about heart of investigation (5) 5 Exercises by Royal Marines and a new gentleman? No good continuing (9)

6 Sender entirely absorbs letter fee? (4) 7 Promising no Conservative is leaving (8)

8 Mastermind in Greene novel (8) 13 Criminal denied it if discovered (10)

15 Pressure on chaps to wear quite fancy clobber (9)

16 Taken up and taken over (8) 17 Architect’s endless list (8) 19 Still half sick, left hospital department (6)

20 One who casts luvvie initially in exasperation (6)

23 Letter – nothing great (5) 24 Spot a breed with no tail (4)