Crossword

2807

ACROSS

1 The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet (5,3,5) 8 The eldest son and heir apparent of the British sovereign (6,2,5)

9 To have _ in one’s pants (4) 10 Crafty (3)

11 Put all one’s _ in one basket (4) 14 Brag (5)

15 The largest artery in the body (5)

19 Past tense and past participle of tread (4) 20 Short for veterinary surgeon (3)

21 Any of small fragile biting insects found near stagnant water (4)

24 Short for Mediterranean Sea (13)

25 Carefully, discreetly (13)

DOWN

1 Emerge (6) 2 Complaints raised by members about House rules being breached (6,2,5) 3 A bbreviation for archbishop; or a curved structure (4) 4 Ribbon-like strip of pasta (6) 5 Oxford Companion to Western Art (4)

6 The state of being enlightened; awareness (13) 7 Help (6)

12 Donkey (3)

13 To fight in a boxing match (3) 16 Comprising of atoms (6) 17 Rubble (6) 18 Close-fisted (6)

22 British Thermal Unit (4) 23 One side of one of the leaves of a book or newspaper (4)

Yesterday’s solutions ACROSS 1 Home 3 Thirteen 8 Cold war 10 Skimpy 11 Shrank 13 Shy 14 Window dresser 20 Bus 21 Nomads 23 Caucus 25 Neglect 26 On the dot 27 Halo DOWN 1 Hacksaw 2 Molar 4 Hark 5 Rummage 6 Encysts 7 Nifty 9 Askew 12 And 15 Nascent 16 Octuple 17 Rinse 18 Sum 19 Risotto 20 Bravo 22 Arena 24 Undo