WEEKEND CROSSWORD WEEKEND CROSSWORD NO 3316

Across

1 Gossip that could be revealing

( 8,4)

8 Do cure a malfunction in the

country ( 7)

9 Level with a part of the body ( 7) 11 Bird trailing somewhat ( 4)

12 In all I can’t arrange for it to be sloping in opposite directions ( 10)

14 Despatched railway guard ( 6)

15 Blind man’s best friend? ( 5,3)

17 Opposition concerning battle ( 8) 19 Sacred writings from a Roman

goddess ( 6)

22 Musical suite ( 10)

23 Cut talk by quarter hour ( 4)

25 Slender that is right being more

obsequiously servile ( 7)

26 IOM fir? ( 7)

27 Gamble, it’s what professional

sportspeople do ( 4,3,5)

Down

1 Being reckless throwing this to the

wind ( 7)

2 Regretted sound that was

obscene ( 4)

3 Enticing ruling that has been

dispensed with ( 6)

4 Generous father in South Carolina

promises to pay ( 8)

5 Bird coming from outer veldt ( 10) 6 Gained information from an elder

( 7)

7 Affections upset this stranger

( 5- 7)

10 See about leading newspaper’s

concise writing style ( 12)

13 Set of people with something in

common with brotherhood ( 10) 16 Harmony with round composition

( 8)

18 Rising of workers ( 7)

20 Remain embracing Len Cook or

another man ( 7)

21 Morsel Dominic included rarely

found ( 6)

24 Not a cool stream North of the

Border ( 4)

ACROSS: 1 Prohibitionists, 9 Altar, 10 Streetcar, 11 Eurotunnel, 12 Icer, 14 Foretell, 16 Porous, 18 Untrod, 19 Shanghai, 21 Iain, 22 Real tennis, 25 Eavesdrop, 26 Amigo, 27 Sales resistance.

DOWN: 1 Place of business, 2 Otter, 3 Irritation, 4 Insanely, 5 Israel, 6 Noel, 7 Sackcloth, 8 Surprise in store, 13 Counteract, 15 Retrieval, 17 Philippi, 20 Degree, 23 Nairn, 14 Isis.