PUZZLES & STARS

Grieved because date with Cliff completely spoilt (9) Get a dirty look and stagger back (4) Strengthen power to check a horse (9) 10. He helps the golfer make the bounder expire! (6) 11. Fear of adder (5) 14. Striker in a game (5) 15. Enjoy being similar (4) 16. Will marry - but not under

their own steam (5) 18. Charge to a holy

island (4) 20. Agree could be keen (5) 21. Have black wood by

one (5) 24. The proletariat apparently consists of 1000 donkeys! (6) 25. Tried best room to

rent (3-6) 26. There’s some lack of coherence in this area (4) 27. I’d enter now as

chairman (9) It’s a crime to make letters strike-bound (9) The way the boss speaks is over grave (9) Released without charge (4) Obviously not the outside shell of a big ship (5) From the choir in our church or All Saints (6) Engrave, and so on, with hot tip (4) One side is correct, it would seem (5) 11. Wordy apportionment to

husband (5) 12. Far from pleased with

sets I’d dug out (9) 13. Newspapers indeed put

one in low spirits! (9) 17. Exclude beard (5) 19. Sailor employs corrupt

practices (6) 22. Famous now Edward has

gone (5) 23. Well loved, but at some

cost (4) 24. Intend to be stingy (4) This puzzle has no clues. Instead, every number printed in the grid represents a letter, with the same number always representing the same letter. For example, if 8 turns out to be a V, you can write in V wherever a square contains 8. Using your knowledge of words, complete the puzzle.