CRYP TIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cause for yawning: state of indebtedness in time of prosperity (7)

5 Get current pet dish containing

bit of hash (5,2)

9 Islands go crazily sliding (9) 10 Rearranged a test sample (5) 11 Part of a crèche containing a

person in a high position (7) 12 Foot lever altered somehow (7) 13 Like some quilts mother from an Asian land joined together (7-5)

17 Sadly, father and the jerk make

friends (12)

22 In competition, use regressive

approaches (5,2)

24 Set bed next to Great Lake (7) 25 At some point, keeping one

waiting in the wings (2,3)

26 Not dark yet around a time of

evening in the wee hours (4,5) 27 Mother's new drink container (7) 28 Players, shown the way,

protected a king somehow (7)

DOWN

1 Criminal act significant with

one of Alcott's sisters (6)

2 To the audience, actor Claude is

king (6)

3 Name third of pigs “Nathan,”

after Lucille's husband (9) 4 King appearing in parade (7) 5 Prisoner outside licking

garnish (7)

6 Note the donation (5)

7 Dance party interrupted by salt

spray (4,4)

8 President, embracing nurse,

puts on an act (8) 14 Some football players, on

interrupting passes (5,4) 15 Get stupefied pilot

in jet (5,3)

16 Poison opening of package to

New England state (8) 18 Antelopes, regrettably,

following little rascal (7) 19 Spartan, like vinegar with a bit

of seasoning in it (7) 20 Economical hairpiece, one

found in Florida (6)

21 Angry wariness about

a poet's conclusion (6) 23 Cook small side (5)