CROSSWORD CLUES

Inscription placed over the head of Christ head during the Crucifixion (inits) Old English epic poem featuring the monster Grendel (7) Name by which chemical element mercury is also known (11) Jan —, prime minister of South Africa from 1939-48 (5) Ice cream containing small pieces of candied or fresh fruits (5-6) and 3 2008 comedydrama film starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt (8,8) See 17 Across Unit of mass equal to 1,000 kg (5) Charles —, furniture designer best known for his 1956 Lounge Chair (5) Earl —, US politician; Governor of Louisiana for a third term from 1956-60 (4)

ACROSS

Roughly-built hut (5) Rigid (5) Internal sore (5) Word puzzle (7) At the very moment that (2,4,2) 13 Sink the teeth into (4) 15 Slow sentimental song (6) 17 Putting areas in golf (6) 19 Noisy (4) 20 Cricket term (6-2) 23 Thing attached to

a motorbike (7) 24 Frozen dew (5) 25 Clean the feathers (5) 26 Performed on stage (5) 1 4 10 11 12

DOWN

Cuts with rough or heavy blows (5) Of the body (8) Group of footballers (4) Characterised by stealth (7) Tightrope walker (11) Unit of purity of gold (5) Pretend to be someone else (11) 14 Very productive (8) 16 Wash and iron (7) 18 Regretful (5) 21 Complete (5) 22 Prolonged dull pain (4) 2

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