SUNDAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. Laurel and Hardy's adventure as sailors ?

(4,2,3) 6. A person to whom pleasure and pain is

the same (5) 9. Small drops of liquids, bubbles (5) 10. A gas used in metal welding and cutting

(9) 11. What the side displays when it is one for

all and all for one? (4,6) 12. Current fashions or craze (4) 14. On the ___ : in hostile mood (7) 15. In disagreement (2,5) 17. A turncoat or a person disloyal to his

country or party (7) 19. Units of stellar distance approximately

equal to 3.25 light years each (7) 20. Judge, or determine (4) 22. Chen, Park and Patel for example (5,5) 25. American space traveller (9) 26. Garb for ancient Roman lady - "as lot"

anagram ? (5) 27. Goes across, bridges (5) 28. Turn __ __ on : cause a reversal ? (3,6) Down: 1. Wooden shoe - "boast" anagram ? (5) 2. Having the right to stay in one's own

country of birth, a Latin phrase (3,6) 3. Right-hand men (10) 4. Madrid language (7) 5. "A" in U.S.A. (7) 6. Nearly 1 mtr x 1 mtr (2,2) 7. Horse ___ : western movie (5) 8. Gear for Bobby Fischer (5,4) 13. Group of small islands north of New

Guinea (10) 14. Discontinues, retracts or takes away (9) 16. Overcome vehemently (9) 18. Begin or commence afresh (7) 19. A monetary unit of several Arab

countries - "a priest" anagram ? (7) 21. A run not scored of the bat (5) 23. Cabbage dishes (5) 24. Gear teeth (4) CRYPTIC CLUES: Across: 1. Crescent has fancy numerals, including 1 (9) Maybe Bo Peep provides a kind of jazz (5) With stern shuffling, rips into landlords’ income (5) 10. Finished a lawsuit - characters starting

sentences? (5,4) 11. Where to your back, when it's late (10) 12. Indicated item initially tampered with

his … (4) 14. Sly tree ? That doesn't make sense when

put so abruptly (7) 15. Rooms, perhaps, where tanning takes

place (7) 6. 9. 17. Do they help to write music marked

"Tremolo" ? (7) 19. Supplying information for getting the

pump going (7) 20. Game for single agent (1-3) 22. Living in comfort, yet terse as can be (4,6) 25. Drink on the rock is sweet (9) 26. Checks foundation garments (5) 27. Chance to hear a tiny bit (5) 28. Harvesters of needlefish eating there (9) Down: 1. It describes a broom or brush, perhaps (5) Chinese ruler making flying return in part of the country (9) Long leases available in US city (3,7) Sexually suggestive, and complicated, we hear (7) Is contrite about temperature in livestock enclosures (7) Creature given to failure on the stage ? (4) Brazen redhead interrupts a party (5) A crowd of reporters keen to enlist help? (5,4) 13. Oddly enough, it means pretty obvious

(5,2,3) 14. Quite drunk, all knocked back a secondof these? (9) 16. Constantly repeat ceremony, taking 2.

3. 4.

5.

6. 7. 8.

ecstasy and speed (9) 18. Cutting down growth on the personal

front (7) 19. An empty form of material incentive (7) 21. Irritation as lap-dog is heard (5) 23. Balls! England’s opener's out – all to soon

in these? (5) 24. Audibly disapprove of monarch's strict

regulations (4)

Solutions to 2092