DFA Cryptic Crossword

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: - 1 Just deserts.

9 Own goal. 10 Adverse. 11 Blending. 12 Fright.

14 Dais.

15 Guinea fowl. 18 Juggernaut. 19 Mess. 22 Rumpus. 24 Straddle. 26 Outside. 27 Impeach. 28 First eleven. Down: - 1 Junketing. 2 Shoddy. 3 Delinquent. 4 Seal. 5 Reversal. 6 Sprig.

7 Morbid. 8 Dental. 13 Industrial. 16 Overdrawn. 17 Peculiar. 18 Jargon. 20 Seethe. 21 Karpov. 23 Motif. 25 Sept.

ACROSS

9 Work together with barrel-maker at the last (2-7)

10 Struggle into commercial presentation (5)

11 Letter of intent finally generated heat (5)

12 Denim rear disguised rump (9) 13 Cattle sound mostly tan to the uneducated (3-4)

15 Considers closing expression of esteem (7)

16 Final drink of an individual in favour of the highway (3,3,3,4)

21 Stray over the boundary and drink too much like a cat? (7)

23 All-night barn dance might be a poor ball (4,3)

25 Explosive steel trap goes off (9)

26 End result constituting a lot (5) 28 Tuna salad sandwich is a bit on the nose (5)

29 Joy sticks with vocal societies (4,5)

DOWN

1 Run off and sink to the bottom (7) 2 Part of buffalo behaviour was uncovered (4)

3 Take oneself off for overhaul (6) 4 Sped up sculler and got tighter (8) 5 Bowler joined English and French for drink (6)

6 Author from South Africa to stay in the mind (8)

7 Nonsense about a less hairier race (10) 8 Dread distorting two seconds of a speech (7)

14 Potter’s tool produced result of itchy feet (10)

17 Satisfied skin as quickly as possible (4,4)

18 Hades had seen corrupt Greeks (8) 19 Consist of clapped out bells (7) 20 What unhappy couples may no longer get (2,5)

22 Cooks go ape about rat tail soup (6) 24 Spot steam or water, in particular (6) 27 Heavy heart when starting off in drag (4)