Crossword

ACROSS

1 The capital of Cuba (6) 5 A double curve resembling the letter S (6) 8 U-shaped collar of an ox-yoke (6) 9 Innocent (5)

10 Watch out (6)

11 Stress on particular word (6) 13 Short for stereophonic (6) 16 Sports that involve the killing of animals, such as hunting (5,6)

17 Abstract knowledge or reasoning (6) 19 Complain persistently (6) 21 Plural of alibi (6) 23 Available for work outside normal working hours (2,4) 25 Hurl (5)

26 A soccer shirt (6)

27 Flee (6)

DOWN

2 Stopgap (2,3) 3 Certainly not (3,2,4,4) 4 Have an _ to grind (3) 5 Weep with convulsive gasps (3)

6 Words of affection exchanged by lovers (5,8) 7 Clean out (5)

12 Give birth to a calf (5)

14 A round building with a dome (7)

15 Residue formed when matter is burnt (3) 18 Divide into two equal parts (5) 20 An extension at right angles to one end of a building (3) 22 Crafty (3)

23 Neither _ nor the other (3) 24 The flat area between the waist and knees of a seated person (5)