Crossword 2862

ACROSS

3 Close quarters combat between fighter aircraft (8)

8 Swindle (7)

9 Nothing more than (4) 10 Excellent (6)

11 Legal (5 )

12 Quietude (4) 15 Phenomenon of gradual heating of the earth surface and oceans (6,7)

20 Past tense of blow (4)

21 It’s an ill wind that _ nobody any good (5)

22 Vent (6)

23 Golda _, in 1969 became Israel’s only woman prime minister (4)

25 Violent attack, either verbal or physical (7)

26 A line at each end of a tennis court, marking the limit of play (8)

DOWN

1 The act of refusing (7) 2 Any of the upper seven pairs of ribs in man (4,3) 3 Gymnasium exercising weight (8)

4 A lyric poem (3) 5 Cricket: a player in the field (7)

6 Small Italian dumplings (7) 7 Soliciting business (7) 13 Overwhelming wonder (3) 14 A stand for timber during sawing (8)

15 A military explosive filled with noxious gas (3,4) 16 Marine mollusc characterised by sucker bearing tentacles (7) 17 Immeasurable (7)

18 Of or relating to Mars (7) 19 A short novel (7) 24 Creator of James Bond, _ Fleming (3)

Yesterday’s solutions ACROSS 4 Segment 8 Garment 9 Abscond 10 Grey area 11 Silo 14 Time 15 Spin 17 Seal 18 Affright 22 Refiner 23 Ancient 24 Rickety. DOWN 1 Aging 2 Grace 3 Genderame 4 Staged 5 Gist 6 Erosion 7 Tedious 12 Approach 13 Insurer 14 Traffic 16 Affray 19 Gavel 20 Tasty 21 Once