CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. The probable future outlook I have (11)

8. Musical pipes once used by writers (5)

9. One may be able to stand reading at it (7)

10. Former queen given a mound like this (7)

11. It is a sort of brown grayling (5)

12. Festival at which a tree’s brought into play (6)

14. To say ‘Greek cheese’ will restrain one (6)

18. Dance in a brief period of complete freedom (5)

19. Car laid out for fundamental use (7)

21. Happen to have a quarrel with somebody (4,3)

23. Show one the way to be a girl scout (5)

24. Will sort out the knots, and is gentle about it (11)

DOWN

1. It is queer to put up with a wig such as this (7)

2. Unit that turns sour, finding it so oppressive (7)

3. Took up a stance as one put the question (5)

4. It could be Nelson’s regular contribution to a paper (6)

5. I’d uncle gone wrong, but wouldn’t leave him out (7)

6. Mother to all women appearing the day before Christmas (3)

7. One making a gift puts first nut in the entrance (5) SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 8. Gazpacho 9. Osprey 10. After-dinner 11. Ate

13. Admit 15. Deference 17. Electromagnetic 19. Custodian

21. Stove 23. Opt 24. Assuredness 27. Grappa 28. Enslaved Down: 1. Daffodil 2. Apse 3. Scudo 4. Countermeasures

5. Sovereign 6. Ape 7. Celtic 12. Reject 14. Incite

16. Tradesman 18. Invested 20. Umpire 22. Messy 25. Noah

26. Spy