Woman’s Day (New Zealand)

Cryptic crossword

- Christine Lovatt’s

ACROSS

1. An Olympic event from Iceland is customary (6) 4. Upset hag sat looking horrified (6) 8. Amazing abilities of dominant nations (11) 10. Alison and I are involved in a relationsh­ip (7) 11. It’s a failure whichever way you look at it (3) 12. Ballad goes for a cheap price (4) 13. Electrocut­e young fish (3) 14. Ignoring the odds, guests are from the Russia of yesteryear (1,1,1,1) 17. Frenchman’s acceptance speech? (3) 18. Little Rod will grow up to be a frog (7) 19. Bargain hunter goes after unusual rags and jumper (11) 20. Early developmen­tal stage bore my design (6) 21. Hopefully they will be well groomed (6)

DOWN

1. Objective is crudely done – is it a pass? (13) 2. Succeeding in being smart about higher plan (11) 3. Imaginary neural disorder (6) 5. Vegetables found on a golf course (6) 6. They may rain on one’s parade, but will show flashes of brilliance (13) 7. Condiment conveyed by cavalry transport is hard, unfortunat­ely (11) 9. Team made strides but found a way round (11) 15. At first sinewy, then unusually meaty and hot (6) 16. 60Minutes admits no glory (6)

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