New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

CRYPTIC Crossword

- By Jim Greenfield

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

PICTURE CLUES

9ac & 22ac & 24ac

ACROSS

7 Fish dive (4) 9 It’s a movie about herding, Hal (10) 10 Dots before your eyes at a wedding? Or all over the place (8) 11 Reportedly ruled the horse (6) 12 I leave the captain for forty winks (6) 13 Nicked off with a fur wrap... (5) 14 ... or a jacket you may get hell for – very quickly ( 7) 16 Cockney maintains he has a sore behind ( 7) 20 Panorama viewed, we hear (5) 21 Sounds like the origins of ketchups (6) 22 & 24ac A Scottish lass and river shot together in a movie (6,3,5) 25 Approval of cap, cane etc (10) 26 Trifles about the playthings (4)

DOWN

1 What Coral was tied up with? (4,4) 2 Close the shop and be quiet! (4,2) 3 Lugs tie about which is not the prettiest I’ve seen ( 7) 4 The magnificen­t logos Uri makes (8) 5 Unskilled about taking LSD but not usual habit (6) 6 At the ready in this place (4) 8 Was this a pressing time to live in? (4,3) 15 The last player out but not necessaril­y the last player out (8) 17 The matched state of a quiet lay (8) 18 The first day after Lent reportedly? ( 7) 19 ... and stays for the leftovers ( 7) 20 Vocalist sets the world on fire? (6) 21 Go from dudgeons surprising­ly and quickly (6) 23 Found a sea creature in the motorcar! (4)

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