CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
2. Fish bird may be standing on (5) 5. Growing thing that may be used to line a cylinder (4) 7. A real bargain one fixes in reverse (4) 8. Red, upset with anger: his attention may be directed to bed (8) 9. Awkwardly grope around to get shot of one’s gruel (8) 11. Either way, this girl had some value in India (4) 12. It has its syntactical forms, of course (7,6) 15. Gets old silver, best seen with ends removed (4) 17. List of words of a grossly different form (8) 19. Poor counsel involve five to double one up with mirth (8) 21. How to be guided to the target, or the plate in baseball (4) 22. To have it in mind sounds negative (4) 23. Somewhat perilous rift, a foot short: Heavens! (5)
DOWN
1. Chorus-leader doing the provinces may find it on the map (7) 2. Something seedy one is given, to ones annoyance (3) 3. Cold, but a non-starter – so unbending (5) 4. Control and make use of an arrangement of straps (7) 5. It has its line for a gathering of people spelling (3) 6. Woman men lose their head to follow: it’s her radiance, maybe (5) 10. Rackets that are inclined to be encountered along the way (5) 11. Mortal remains of a fool who swallowed high explosive (5) 13. Bony and lean gal given a run-around (7) 14. He pulls backwards to move forwards (7) 16. Pained sound that could be got from a church instrument (5) 18. Maidens, perhaps, very curtailed – and so upset about it! (5) 20. Binding undertaking very often weakens beginners (3) 21. Wire for such fodder? The reverse: it’s crazy! (3)
MONDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: 1. Brutal 8. Chime 9. Designs 11. Epaulets 12. Psalm 15. Dawn 16. Pig 17. Amen 19. Burnt 21. Landlady 24. Setback 25. Flood 26. Reeled
Down: 2. Reeds 3. Trilling 4. Lone 5. Scout 6. Mine 7. Fees 10. Spaniards 12. Pads 13. Valuable 14. Knot 18. Glide 20. Nacre 21. Lift 22. Nook 23. Year
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MONDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: 1. Factotum 7. Adapt 8. Boulevard 9. See 10. Echo 11. Scarce
13. Supernumerary 15. Shanty 16. Step 18. Due 20. Go bananas
21. Ledge 22. Beheaded
Down: 1. Fable 2. Cough up 3. Over 4. Unaccountable 5. False
6. Utterly 7. Adorned 12. Arrange 13. Swaddle 14. Attuned 15. Seedy
17. Posed 19. Knee
MONDAY’S SOLUTIONS