Weekend crossword
ACROSS
1 Was anxious about visitor’s head
getting cut (6)
5 Noisy fluter, out of sorts, peevish (7) 9 Holy many a person to pelt with
missiles (5)
10 Conspiracies made by ring in small
patches of land (9)
11 People who are eager for alcohol? (6,7) 13 Kentish chaps, perhaps, in club’s
underground area (8)
14 A jewel in one constellation (6) 16 Disinter former Cardinal (6) 18 Teaparty in which there’s rabbit,
followed by a contest (35)
21 Nautical officer to give shelter to
teacher (76)
23 I shall, joined by a tantaliser, become
embarrassed (3,2,4)
24 Poke around for all to see, being
arrogant (5)
25 Doctor’s given the French girl wine (7) 26 Trimmer gets Diana in a row (6)
DOWN
2 Very ancient, all this, so held as
mysterious (2,3,2,3,5) 3 Volcano captured by force in country of
Southeast Asia (7)
4 Ousting the editor, turning up before
sitting (8)
5 Lord, if irritated, gets redfaced (6) 6 New net I twist and interweave (7) 7 Perfecting an oarsman’s coup de grace
(9,6)
8 Secure with a rope left on a tree (4) 9 Quiet strolls without a leader, making a
mess (8) 12 Imagined ancient Briton, awfully rude
(8)
15 Nourishing fruit I accepted in tenant’s
payment (8)
17 A husband’s ruin — sex appeal and a
lot of beer (7)
19 Panicked and ran off, grabbing one very
quietly (7)
20 Weed carrying periodical gains respect
(6)
22 Section of auditorium lifted up for
cinema show (4)