CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
WIN £500
ACROSS
1 Pacify a parish priest? No bother (7) 5 Former sultan and chief patrolling a border (6) 9 Wind spasm grips right inside stomach (7) 10 Way to play start and end of tremendous solo? (7) 11 Dance ballet on pointe primarily (3) 12 One’s anxious on these — ten others agitated about fine (11) 13 Occasionally rapper appears on front of stage (5) 14 Arab in the rear mislaid uncommon element (4,5) 16 Son splits huge stone belonging to bishop (9) 17 Stock product derived from paprika spice (5) 19 One managing a crop that’s cut and dried? (11) 22 It may have been shaped during glacial period (3) 23 Anglicans import complicated steel instrument (7) 24 Occupy brother clothed thus? (7) 26 Top county reduced racing curbs (1-5) 27 Balloonist benefits from this underwear (7)
DOWN
1 A large complex houses British subject (7) 2 Former small pieces include one page showing verb forms (4,11) 3 Dry individual hugged by a Romeo (3) 4 Old lag’s English, 90, and working! (2-3) 5 Articles medic found in California church (9) 6 Old doctor’s sponge (5) 7 Ralph bought Pam novel about Oscar’s collection of stills (10,5) 8 Boris is missing school broth (6) 12 Keynote pick-me-up (5) 14 Tailor may rue limiting compensation (9) 15 Praise former officer capturing ace (5) 16 Spain collaborates initially in this moral code (6) 18 Ring briefly about a mine’s finance (7) 20 One’s about to eat American hot and cold dish (5) 21 I do it in the wrong order! (5) 25 Weed phloxes at regular intervals (3)
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