Crossword 2831

ACROSS

2 Stagnant; lacking vitality; near death (8) 6 Egyptian myth: the soul represented as a humanheaded bird (2)

8 A person employed to drive a car for a rich or important person (9)

10 Barren; unadorned (4) 11 Short for influenza (3) 12 Enticement (4)

15 Large wild quadruped (5) 16 Intellect (5)

20 The two (4)

21 Crafty (3)

22 Pack, put away (4)

25 Of or relating to rheumatism (9)

26 Nuclear Ship (2) 27 Possible but not compulsory; left to personal choice (8)

DOWN

1 Small fragments of baked foods (6) 3 Authentic; existent (4) 4 Bewilder; amaze (6) 5 Want (4)

7 Shrewd (6) 8 Professional woodworker; joiner, cabinet-maker (9) 9 Practical rather than ideal or moral (9) 13 International Standards Organization (3) 14 Hormone Replacement Therapy (3)

17 Get; gain possession of (6) 18 Graduates of a college or university (6) 19 Standard currency of Malawi, divided into 100 tambala (6) 23 Peek; sneak a look (4) 24 Surprise, astound (4)