Weekend crossword
ACROSS
1 Dispense with old metal (5)
8 Weigh about two pounds and a quarter,
almost (44)
9 Marriage can be just a game! (5) 10 Hands and feet, for example (8) 11 Dusty sort of room (5)
12 Main points on an article (3)
16 Pat can be disturbed in a snooze (33) 17 Fighting study made by a head of
college (6)
18 Urge to acquire money (3)
23 Where we head to make us hot? (5) 24 One doesn’t have to work in this
position (8)
25 See 3 Down
26 Indeed not all went (8)
27 Clergyman in drink is confused (5)
DOWN
2 Applaud a catch? Nonsense! (8)
3 (and 25 Across) Flat out after a
mishap? Not unusual if you’re this (85) 4 Go back to do repair work on turf, we
hear (6) 5 Shut tight (5)
6 A temple ornament? (5)
7 Engrave a hunting scene? (5) 12 Agent of Greek’s Pyrrhic victory (3) 13 It grows on grass in lawns (3) 14 Protected me with misplaced ardour
(8) 15 Submitted to the Spanish guard (8) 19 Listener comes to a strange end that’s
deserved (6)
20 Away team gets a lead (5)
21 Shoot out from hiding (5)
22 Reckoning the points obtained (5)