YESTERDAY SOLUTIONS

ACROSS

4. Having insight or acumen ( 6)

7. Animal with antlers ( 8)

8. Large scissors ( 6)

10. Card game ( 5)

13. Grumble, complaint ( 4)

14. Public pool ( 4)

15. Painfully acute feeling ( 4)

16. Container for jam ( 3)

17. Alcoholic drink ( 4)

19. Acquire ( 4)

21. Residual ( 9)

23. Style of dress ( 4)

24. Elephant tooth ( 4)

26. Wide inlet of sea ( 3)

27. Act of lending ( 4)

29. Asian republic ( 4)

32. Prisoner's room ( 4)

33. Fiend ( 5)

34. Highly- spiced sausage ( 6)

35. Private feud ( 8)

36. Snuggle ( 6)

DOWN

1. Loud disagreement or fight ( 5)

2. Easily frightened ( 5)

3. Revise ( 4)

4. Illegal burning ( 5)

5. At that time ( 4)

6. Sikh's headdress ( 6)

9. Scottish dish ( 6)

11. That man ( 3)

12. Not drunk ( 5)

ACROSS: 1 Dancer; 7 Optional; 8 Fibs; 10 Abacus; 11 August; 14 Sly; 16 Tiles; 17 Pate; 19 Haven; 21 Judas; 22 Satin; 23 Goat; 26 Sonic; 28 Sap; 29 Tricky; 30 Patent; 31 Aden; 32 Alphabet; 33 Houses

13. Relating to marriage ( 7)

15. Small vegetable ( 3)

16. Lively dance ( 3)

18. Symbol, badge ( 6)

20. Joint between foot and leg ( 5)

21. Narrow beam of light ( 3)

22. Religious sister ( 3)

23. Place where mechanics work ( 6)

25. As well, also ( 3)

28. Oily fruit ( 5)

30. Friendship ( 5)

31. Move furtively ( 5)

32. Set of actors ( 4)

33. Extinct bird ( 4)

Those who did this are brainless and they make Glasgow a slum, the police must get their act together.

Alan Hall

Online

I HAVE paid for sky services for 26 years I don’t mind if they show the game for free ( Nicola Sturgeon pleads with Sky Sports to show Old Firm for free, October 16).

Shay Mac

Online