THE CROSSWORDS

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 How time is called in some bars (5) 8 Fabricate some story to end the argument (4,2,2)

9 A man called to make trouble (5)

10 Their parents’ pride and joy (4,4) 11 Hiding place many yearn to find (5)

12 It bears part of China’s sorrows (3)

16 Let out the smallest amount, we hear (6) 17 Seem to materialise (6)

18 Put on some salad dressing (3) 23 Unhesitatingly the monk provides soup (5) 24 Coy nurse as the centre of attraction (8) 25 Memorial for a type of terrier (5) 26 Abandoned ship (8)

27 Sidetrack to avoid the start of trouble (5)

DOWN

2 Call-up date wrongly issued (8)

3 Cash exchanged in pure monetary transaction (8)

4 Decay that is breaking up vehicles (6)

5 A flower that could be open before the end of July (5)

6 A fat lot to drink (5)

7 Health resorts get a number fit (5)

12 She cut the first man short (3)

13 The German uprising is depressing (3)

14 See 19 Down

15 The sort of alibi which has not been forged (4-4) 19 and 14 Down: The way to come straight to the point (6,8)

20 It may be said about many corrosive substances (5)

21 Catch in a drum? (5)

22 New lamps put into service (5)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Sudden rebuff (5)

8 Remedy against poison (8) 9 Recognised (5)

10 Deep red vegetable (8) 11 Attractiveness (5)

12 A beverage (3)

16 A Spanish stew (6)

17 A man’s neckwear (6) 18 Apposite (3)

23 A West Indian dance (5) 24 Expressing rigid opinions (8) 25 Up to the time of (5)

26 Class (8)

27 Captain of The Bounty (5)

DOWN

2 Faithful follower (8) 3 Craven (8)

4 Be an intrinsic part (6)

5 Ski trail (5)

6 Machinelike person (5)

7 Big and strong (5)

12 Gentle knock (3)

13 Feign (3)

14 Sane (8)

15 Incoherent (8)

19 Large cage for birds (6) 20 Authoritative command (5) 21 A variegated chalcedony (5) 22 To estimate (5)