Crossword 2705

ACROSS

1 Relating to two poles or extremities (7)

5 Flat section of a door (5) 8 The capital and chief port of Senegal (5)

9 The second man to walk on the moon in 1969, US astronaut Buzz _ (6)

10 US space flight program aimed at landing man on the moon in the 1960s (6) 13 Nothing at all (3)

15 Leave out; skip (5) 16 Entreat (3)

18 Rubble (6)

20 Any mammal except man (6) 22 Standard of perfection (5) 23 To draw up and drop the shoulders (5)

24 Police network to close in on criminals (7)

DOWN

1 A good buy, good value (7) 2 Self-contradiction (7) 3 A woman who attends a queen or princess (4-2-7) 4 An implement used for drawing together cut grass (4) 5 Miscellaneous articles (13) 6 Relating to the nose ( 5) 7 Imaginary place for forgotten, lost, or unwanted persons or things (5) 11 Be recumbent (3) 12 Mend (3)

14 Skate on thin _ (3) 16 Unsophisticated person from the countryside (7) 17 Lion-hearted (7)

18 Feats (5)

19 A person who makes and sells bread and cakes (5) 21 Droplet, globule (4) Yesterday’s solutions ACROSS 1 Taurus 4 Shrewd 9 Usher 10 Bless 11 Abuszz 12 Error 13 Eased 15 Elope 17 Pet 18 Strut 21 Brawn 14 Alter 25 Sober 26 Aisle 27 Sit in 28 Refuse 29 Shades . DOWN 1 Treble 2 Unless 3 Unused 5 Harare 6 Escudo 7 Dazzle 8 Third Estate 14 Apt 16 Paw 18 Sister 19 Rebuff 20 Tarsus 21 Branch 22 Absurd 23 Nieces