Cryptic Crossword

Across

1 Host’s mixture of clay and sand first found in China (10,4)

9 Capacity of politician in

charge (7)

10 Moonies managed offensive

(7)

11 One enjoying luxuries of life

consuming water lilies (5-5) 12 Close second building (4)

14 Discourage maids

performing end of play (6)

15 Interview spectators (8)

17 Tenth speaker in musical

works (8)

19 Increment for riser (4,2)

22 Pleased inside to relax (4) 23 Equal exchange £1 for threefifths of quota (4,3,3)

25 Cry in the country to correspond with exclamation of surprise (5-2) 26 Beastly like sty’s occupants

(7)

27 Backing unimportant vehicle

feature! (9,5)

Down

1 How one died laughing? (7,2,5) 2 Tells about converted

50-seater (7)

3 Diplomatic official Sam’s

aboard struggling (10)

4 Street along which one cannot make a comeback (3-3)

5 Ted, a punk, became drunk

(6-2)

6 Very keen singer turned up

(4)

7 Bird short time with another

heron (7)

8 Elementary forecaster? (7,7) 13 Unpleasant tablet to swallow

(6,4) 16 Part of apron fashionable on man I left addicted to strong drink (8)

18 Jack to explain pardon (7) 20 Arousing or wounding

someone’s pride (7)

21 Not even numbers brought

up for favourite (4-2)

24 Some early recording

instrument (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

ACROSS: 1 Impetuous, 6 Alpha, 9 Isolate, 10 Run up to, 11 Dress, 12 Expansion, 13 Ratio, 14 Desperate, 17 Started up, 19 Exact, 21 Esperanto, 24 Plant, 26 Trapped, 27 Tenders, 28 Dusty, 29 Endurance.

DOWN: 1 Iliad, 2 Protect, 3 Transport, 4 Open-ended, 5 Strip, 6 Annan, 7 Paprika, 8 Adornment, 13 Respected, 15 Supported, 16 Eye-opener, 18 Appears, 20 Alamein, 22 Reply, 23 Nudge, 25 Taste.

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