The Scotsman

WEEKEND CROSS WORD

- By Derek Allen

ACROSS

1 Canadian clan with Leo travelling on waterway (10,5) 9 Take possession as appropriat­e (5) 10 Feeling aggrieved, isn’t green however (9) 11 Wood louse starting to crawl (6) 12 Pruner, it aggravated itching (8) 14 Dingy quarter of sand hill (4) 15 No end of pests had room, I concluded, for pasta (10) 18 Singular prescribed form for racing events (7,3) 19 Swiss psychologi­st loses German lady on mountain (4) 21 Large tunny swimming round a coral bed endlessly (8) 23 For to take an examinatio­n, good luck to you (6) 25 Correct if I edited part having been corrected (9) 26 Who in France accepted Anglosaxon as it were? (5) 27 Putting the lot in the envelope having no means of escape (7,4,4)

DOWN

1 Diplomatic caretaker? (6-9) 2 Laird left a knight with state of depression (9) 3 Small breed of cattle on righthand page (6) 4 Informer from northern Arkansas (4) 5 A second type intended, say, to form the mixture (10) 6 Shrink from agreement (8) 7 Artless Ivan stumbling over the point (5) 8 Stormy industrial action (9,6) 13 Coupling again (10) 16 Two men annexing a state (9) 17 Last letter you reportedly put on Channel Islands feature included about courgette (8) 20 Terrorist’s question is for Middle Easterners (6) 22 Graduate included account for berry (5) 24 No noise from Norse deity (4)

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