Telegraph crossword

Across

7 Unit of power (4)

8 Drink _ eat (with the devil?) (3)

9 Harbour (4)

10 Shock-preventing railway apparatus (6)

11 Go lower (6)

12 Beer (3)

13 Silliness (6)

14 Eye part (6)

16 Red (hair) (6)

19 Uncommon thing (6)

21 Madrid exclamation

(3)

22 Compensate for (6)

24 Dark cloud (6)

25 Bullets (4)

26 Fresh (3)

27 Beach grains (4)

Down

1 Military gesture of respect (6)

2 Turkey filling (8)

3 Off course (6)

4 Tarantula, say? (6)

5 Lazy (4)

6 TV surface (6)

15 Italian dessert (8)

17 Notoriety (6)

18 Portly (6)

19 Fame (6)

20 Kid bunking off school (6)

23 Goal attempt (4) Friday’s answers

Across: 1 Mist, 4 Article (Mr Tickle), 8 Narrator,

9 Elf, 11 Nieces, 13 Clever, 14 Tithe, 15 Rush, 17 Clue,

18 Alarm, 20 Uppity, 21 Public, 24 Lie, 25 Abundant,

26 Desktop, 27 Ewer.

Down: 2 Image, 3 Target, 4 Arty, 5 Turtle, 6 Chervil,

7 Effervesce, 10 Untroubled, 12 Silly, 13 Chirp, 16 Sappers, 18 At last, 19 Muddle, 22 Lance, 23 Bump. The answers to today’s crossword are available at stuff.co.nz/crosswords