Scottish Daily Mail

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Gushing females feature in terrible Issue Seven (12) 8 During greetings, taxi upended barbecue (7) 9 Paint Carroll’s heroine briefly suppressin­g sob (7) 11 Translate Martial ode that’s perfectly suited (6-4) 12 Forbid running round royal farm building (4) 14 Stare at girl captivatin­g German viewer (8) 16 Expedition in Africa’s sadly about to be cancelled (6) 17 Beer plant needs hard work (3) 19 Stop using computer to record old fines (3,3) 21 Block New Left in Lincoln offensive (8) 24 Sister welcomes old part of speech (4) 25 Doctor left clue with an intestinal problem (10) 27 Wave fist during, for

instance, meet (7) 28 Worry a lot — ace is

away boxing (7) 29 Take part in quiet revolt, full of ideas (12)

DOWN

1 I bet bed changes as this goes out (3,4) 2 Inevitable feature of combining office with flat (4,2,4) 3 Small Kashmiri manoeuvres avoiding a clash (8) 4 Old foodstuffs by way of North Dakota, then South (6) 5 Roman fiddler sent up in Florence (4) 6 Cake ingredient, one associated with a Muslim ruler (7) 7 Cheeky girl with money first to finish offal (12) 10 Engineer learnt device is supported on one side only (12) 13 Dish, college girl, worried Lionel (10) 15 Piece of ground, very damp initially (3) 18 Former friend in Paris eats rare beef (8) 20 This person’s belly put on weight eating lots at first (7) 22 Compulsory grit left out (7) 23 Drama over? Settle after introducin­g trainee (4,2) 26 Part of archipelag­o is all but rented (4)

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?? ?? No 16,153 FOR your chance to win, solve the crossword to reveal the word reading down the shaded boxes. HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6233 and leave today’s answer and your details, or TEXT 65700 with the word CRYPTIC, your answer and your name. Texts and calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. Or enter by post by sending completed crossword to Daily Mail Prize Crossword 16,153, PO Box 28, Colchester, Essex CO2 8GF. Please include your name and address. One weekly winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Friday. Postal entries must be datestampe­d no later than the following day to qualify. Calls/texts must be received by 23.59; answers change at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, exc NI. Terms apply, see Page 60.
No 16,153 FOR your chance to win, solve the crossword to reveal the word reading down the shaded boxes. HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6233 and leave today’s answer and your details, or TEXT 65700 with the word CRYPTIC, your answer and your name. Texts and calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. Or enter by post by sending completed crossword to Daily Mail Prize Crossword 16,153, PO Box 28, Colchester, Essex CO2 8GF. Please include your name and address. One weekly winner chosen from all correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Friday. Postal entries must be datestampe­d no later than the following day to qualify. Calls/texts must be received by 23.59; answers change at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, exc NI. Terms apply, see Page 60.

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