CRYPTIC Crossword

Complete the puzzle to reveal two solutions in the shaded squares, relating to the picture clues.

PICTURE CLUES 11dn, 24ac & 3dn & 14dn, 17dn & 19dn

ACROSS

2 A ring around the back of the ship is used for river boating ( 7)

7 The sort of knot to tie up Coral? (4)

8 See a chap ail, pa, in USA region... (10)

9 ...and sick on the north drive (4)

10 Where you may look to find time nearby (2,4)

13 Is this writer a bit trying? (8) 15 The scientific authority who could blow the whistle ( 7) 16 Paragon is evidently not all you have to worry about ( 7) 20 Alas Bach was changed with a large bowled pipe (8) 23 Painter I get out to snare (6) 24 See 11 Down

25 Wants linen to play this game (4,6)

27 Whisper “unclothed” in the country (4)

28 A hairstyle is bound to stay in place? ( 7) DOWN 1 & 26dn Find Tom in pub – it is a chance meeting (4,4) 2 Manage to replace the shaft again (8)

3 See 11 Down

4 After match relations (2- 4) 5 Bound to be what keeps nana in the rocking chair? (6,4) 6 Pathogen I use with containment. Brilliant! (6) 11dn, 24ac & 3dn Yet in this title role he is not chicken

(or rooster) (3,4,7)

12 Mean, but the calculation is wrong ( 7,3)

14, 17dn & 19dn Did they get, say, a ring-in for this movie (3,8,7)

15 Went back with camcorder to find a bird (3)

17 See 14 Down

18 Seesaw in ocean, oddly (3) 19 See 14 Down

21 Rise and say the game not played at home, Ken... (6)

22 ... and what he was before (6) 26 See 1 Down