the crosswords

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Mackerel bait (5) 8 The sailor’s fears are disguised (8) 9 Snappy mongrel (5) 10 Disturbance that may have Paul upset (8) 11 Disturb with sound arguments (5) 12 Cheek by jowl (3) 16 Girl carries on in Juliet’s place (6) 17 Gives some people your address? (6) 18 Change colour and pass away as reported (3) 23 A snake has a new tail put on (5) 24 Poet writes new sonnet about New

York (8) 25 Vision of the armed revolutionary (5) 26 Continued to be left behind (8) 27 Can turn into American fighting

formations (5)

DOWN

2 Forgave and cut the fellow in (8) 3 His opinion is sure to be of some value (8) 4 Quietly settled in Indian city or old Greek shrine (6) 5 With a frequency of ten put together (5) 6 Sort of boat you need money for (5) 7 Note the record is amusing (5) 12 Young man may drop out from illness (3) 13 He produced poems without writing (3) 14 Duck and orange? (8) 15 Appropriate to a Mediterranean land? (8) 19 The old-fashioned sign for old-fashioned

farmers (6) 20 Begin street painting (5) 21 The other side from the Yemen (5) 22 Cyril’s odd ode (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Ingenious (5) 8 Dwindle to nothing (5,3) 9 Furry animal: contemptible person (5) 10 Await opportunity to advance (4,4) 11 A variegated chalcedony (5) 12 A wood used in making bows (3) 16 Bulk (6) 17 Frank confession (6) 18 Impost (3) 23 Incidental remark (5) 24 Treat patiently (4,4) 25 Punctuation mark (5) 26 Produce quickly when needed (6,2) 27 Fixed amount of work (5)

DOWN

2 Compensate for (4,4) 3 Sound genuine (4,4) 4 Lower the value of (6) 5 Self-assertive (5) 6 Unanimous (5) 7 Semi-aquatic fish-eating animal (5) 12 In addition (3) 13 Material for candles (3) 14 As an abbreviation (3,5) 15 Bequeath (4,4) 19 Cunning (6) 20 Call off at early stage (5) 21 Opera by Gounod (5) 22 Expand (5)