Crossword Puzzle

NO. 16 455

Quick Clues

ACROSS

3. Adding (9)

8. Slightly open (4)

9. Game bird (9)

10. Where bread is made (6)

11. Bet (5)

14. Approaches (5)

15. Bring up (4)

16. Locations (5)

18. Boys (4)

20. Abounds (5)

21. Indolence (5)

24. Handcart (6)

25. In name only (9)

26. Just (4)

27. In flagrante delicto (3-6)

DOWN

1. Skin eruption (9)

2. In reverse (9)

4. Drama (4)

5. Additional (5)

6. Motorist (6)

7. Near (4)

9. Iron (5)

11. Timepiece (5)

12. Practice (9)

13. Puzzle (9)

17. Wander (5)

19. Toboggan (6)

22. Coach (5)

23. Large volume (4)

24. Colour (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

3. What one who stolidly contests a legacy has? (4,2,3)

8. It’s borne by one who waits (4)

9. Check credentials in different sector for warships (9)

10. What is enclosed by a fellow writer (6) 11. Work hard to produce flour (5) 14. Unusually eager to get on together (5) 15. French novelist initially gifted in dramatic episodes (4)

16. Silver not sent back to Polynesian island (5)

18. & 4Dn Hard alloy required for moulded club (4,4)

20. The kind of farm that’s always under water (5)

21. Turned up edges of the main manuscript (5)

24. Is able to duplicate the dance (6)

25. They make rings round direction-finders (9)

26. Money invested in stereotypes obviously (4)

27. Makes longer sentences (9)

DOWN

1. This gives the exact time to cease guard duty (9)

2. She cleans the French strip (9)

4. See 18 Across

5. See 22 Down

6. Trip away from home in the capital of Greece (6)

7. A particular Latin word for likewise (4) 9. The kind of corps that acted badly (5) 11. Species of antelopes seen about mid-September (5)

12. More than one involved in disrupted match is covered, maybe (9)

13. Growing old, but prospering (7,2)

17. Old seaman turns up with a set of charts (5)

19. Part of the capital frequented by worshippers (6)

22. & 5Dn He delights to hear the score (5,5) 23. A parasite of course (4)

24. Defence destroyed — stop any resistance inside (4)