Crossword

2874

ACROSS

1 Method of creating a picture of a person from the person’s typical facial features (9) 6 An injection (3 ) 8 Having keen sight (4,4) 9 Acceptance that something exists or is true (6)

10 Lift (5)

11 Short for totalizator (4) 13 Place of a shelf (6) 16 Shrink, dwindle, wane (6) 19 Notion (4)

20 Snake that spread the skin of the neck into a hood when alarmed (5)

21 Fit to be eaten (6) 23 A consumamate master of musical technique and artistry (8)

24 Fifth sign of the zodiac (3) 25 Measure for measure; a tooth for a tooth (3,3,3)

DOWN

2 Throw down the gaunlet (4) 3 In name only; theoretical (7) 4 Doomed (3-5)

5 Tax exempt (3,4)

6 A pleasure ride in a vehicle or aircraft (7)

7 Move, however slightly (5) 9 Lowest adult male singing voice (4)

12 Exchange of one thing for another of more or less equal value (5-3) 14 Official ban on trade with a particular country (7)

15 A high bridge that carries a railway or road over a valley (7)

17 A cone-bearing tree with needle-like leaves (7) 18 Border (4)

20 Pollite, courteous (5) 22 Monetary unit of Italy (4)

Yesterday’s solutions

ACROSS 2 Hyphen 5 Are 7 Aide 8 Regulate 9 Sparta 10 Rainy 11 Idea 13 Encyst 16 Sleeve 19 Temp 20 Flair 21 Escort 23 Business 24 Tool 25 ESS 26 Expose. DOWN 1 Limp 2 Hearsay 3 Parasite 4 Neutral 5 Avarice 6 Enemy 9 Sole 12 Espresso 14 Chassis 15 Strange 17 Execute 18 East 20 Fable 22 Riot.