CRYPTIC Crossword

PICTURE CLUES

11ac, 5dn & 23dn & 15ac.

ACROSS

1 At the beginning of the

day this little creature is

quite cunning (6)

4 Some of the elastic hose

(nylon) was picked (6)

9 Ken left the unbaked paint (4)

10 Provide spa perhaps but

was against it (10) 11 A puzzling movie (6)

12 Descriptive of how to stick

your nose in (8)

13 Blossomed when covered

in wheatmeal reportedly (8)

15 See 5 Down

16 A car part was found in the

guacamole! (3)

17 A photo of a satellite? Or did

they wait for the launch (8)

20 Lay snare unfortunately for

the investigator (8)

22 Does he sell his goods from

a bike? That’s what I heard (6)

24 A mobile library at sea?

Has its fans (10)

25 It’s related to removing

GST from takings (4)

26 Tibetan demonstrated

with a type of bicycle (6)

27 The Asian chicken creator? (6)

DOWN

1 Dog on the bridge

will lie about ( 7)

2 About the public transport, it is shown in symbols... (5) 3 ... and the man’s wife was late... ( 7)

5 & 23dn & 15ac ... and was pleased with it in this movie (5,5,3)

6 Ear sensed change

in the love songs (9)

7 Vet only if out of the

ordinary ( 7)

8 Lice type is nothing to

a group of whales (6)

14 Where they play a game

of 10s so to speak (9)

16 Happy about the

composition ( 7)

17 He gets blamed for

some laws (6)

18 Propane perhaps is

theoretical only (2,5)

19 No aria with ‘C’ played

with this ( 7)

21 Join the army and work

in the mess? (5)

23 See 5 Down