DFA Cryptic Crossword

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION Across:

1 Run away. 5 Bear out. 9 Put in. 10 Reappoint. 11 Spot check. 12 Clean. 13 Tonsil. 15 Turmeric. 18 Alkaline. 19 Anubis.

22 Fudge. 24 Overprint. 26 Loitering. 27 Until. 28 Aggrade. 29 Sneered.

1 Reposit. 2 Nitro. 3 Wind-chill. 4 Yorker.

5 Black out. 6 Aspic. 7 Olive drab. 8 Titanic. 14 No kidding. 16 Menopause. 17 In no time. 18 Alfalfa. 20 Settled. 21 Neighs. 23 Enema. 25 Inter.

ACROSS

1 Snored badly with eyes front and back up (7)

5 Lie in state with guaranteed downtime

(7)

9 Shaken by cheeky and rude sorts around the British capital (9)

10 African leader reversed stance on fabled writer (5)

11 Invalid radioed endlessly for band worker (6)

12 Tie star’s performance to that of other performers (8)

14 Dressing down when a finale made single scorch mark (1,4,2,4,3)

17 Tools by which brother spread cheery news (6,8)

21 Repairs odd blood group in a cut of meat (5-3)

23 Originally bringing in great troupe of performers (3,3)

25 Some cast metal being otherwise reduced (5)

26 To peel off cover for scorching paparazzi shot (9)

27 Relevant European joined the euro (7) 28 Run backward and heartless secondary institution for children (7)

DOWN

1 Make an effort to retain piano master (6) 2 Making for island on the back of a fish (6,3)

3 Procedure to knot or untie (7)

4 Where Napoleon was sent in steel bands (4)

5 Leather pants were out in front on sheer design (10)

6 Unit deciphering the enigma project (7) 7 Put out to admit a quarter was put out (5) 8 Europe’s new setting for Times photograph (8)

13 Played with silent instrument (3,7) 15 Chosen few sat on current conductor

(9)

16 Collecting on burst gas mains (8) 18 Choose central Australian complex (7) 19 Fresh way to make fries? (7) 20 Somewhat strange for agent to keep most of manuscript (6)

22 Get on one’s nerves if there’s some set back during pregnancy (5)

24 Recipe left in the pot (4)