Paper.. The BIG Saturday Crossword
Cryptic clues
Across
3. One missile after another produces nasty surprise (9) 8. Classical victim of
wartime investment (4) 9. At-home can be spoiled by interference (9) 10. Endless attraction about the religious reformer (6) 11. Having been sent into the blue, made a slippery descent (5) 14. Health food! (5) 15. Archaicisms will be
out of this (4) 16. A pie’s cooked this
colour (5) 18. To show approval for this sort of trap is nonsense (4) 20. It’s used for putting
room backstage (5) 21. One who escapes
has broken this (5) 24. What members of the board do is straightforward (6) 25. Roman officer involved
in recount! (9) 26. The sauce that’s yet
to be used (4) 27. The one who should
get the post (9)
Down
1. In which lithe acts become complicated (9) 2. Drawing of doorway
with interior beam (9) 4 & 7Dn. Fail to notice
what supervisors do (8) 5. Cheerless magistrate
about fifty (5) 6. What redundancy encompasses is enmity (6) 7. See 4 Down 9. Doesn’t play a good
man in the reserves (5) 11. Composer leaves late
meal unfinished (5) 12. A rash fellow risked
sinfulness (9) 13. Put back in office to control the government (9) 17. A drink going round a
second time (5) 19. Strong ale - he may
have a load on! (6) 22. Raw material in a vessel produces unpleasant blemishes (5) 23. Take note of some of
the editorials (4) 24. Before the end of the lecture a fellow is exhausted (4)
Down
1. Hateful (9) 2. Narrow-minded (9) 4. Overtake (4) 5. Encouragement (5) 6. Potential (6) 7. Canter (4) 9. Grown-up (5) 11. Gift (5) 12. Camouflaged (9) 13. Cleanser (9) 17. Earlier (5) 19. Leave (6) 22. Expect (5) 23. Spindle (4) 24. Tie (4)