Crossword 2676

ACROSS

1 Portable paraffin cooking stove (6)

4 The third sign of the zodiac (6) 7 Of or relating to films (6)

10 To cut into small cubes (4) 11 A large family of languages spoken in West Africa (3) 12 The grunt of a pig (4) 13 Exclusively (4)

14 One of a pair of pads that protect the ears from the cold (7)

16 Burial chamber (4)

18 To cripple (4) 20 Blockage, boycott (7)

21 Of more than average height (4)

22 At close quarters (4)

23 Drag (3)

25 Money exacted as a penalty (4) 26 Salad days (6) 28 Upheaval (6)

29 Not thickly (6)

DOWN

1 To cause something to swell out or expand outward (4,3) 2 It’s an _ wind that blows nobody any good (3) 3 Mentally, psychologically or spiritually disturbed (4) 5 Very rich (4,2,5)

6 Plural of nucellus (7) 8 To pretend (4,7)

9 A large heavily built cat of the Americas similar to the leopard (6)

15 Refund or discount (6) 17 Enthusiastic round of applause (7)

19 A shrine or chapel erected in honour of a martyr (7) 24 To sharpen, as by grinding or friction (4)

27 Judo, karate: any of the 10 black-belt grades of proficiency (3)