CROSSWORD Peter Chamberlain No. 730

ACROSS

1 Disprove arbiter with acceptable

note (6)

4 Transport in highland Australia

(6)

8 Rocky height to the right (3) 10 Part of body of a most unusual

child (7)

11 Old country passage (7) 12 Plushest part that’s luxuriant (4) 13 Young country, part of USA

(3,7)

15 Case for display of spirit by

opposition leaders (6,7) 18 Mother stopped short, postponed decision on protected area of land (6,7) 20 Lot get real trouble in quick

tempo (10)

22 Barely suitable (4)

24 Very small weight on one’s

conscience? (7)

25 Coming closer moving in range

(7)

26 Follow Rover perhaps (3)

27 Old Bob with cow that’s not so

fast (6)

28 Dragon very confused in

outskirts of Washington (6)

DOWN

1 Support smaller amount

continually moving (8) 2 Ornamental fastenings covering chess piece could be found in pond (9)

3 Meats not on board but wood

(4)

5 Sat moaning about hostility (10) 6 Frenchman in RADA performing

this (5) 7 A French receptacle is messy

(6)

8 There awkwardly forced into an awkward situation for such a fight? (5-8)

9 Rex always scolding while it is

echoing (13)

14 Food, type of loaf mixture (7,3) 16 Out with squire removing

gemstone (9)

17 Write name about building in

America (8) 19 A rebel leader left one state for

another (6)

21 Slowly on the piano perhaps

(5)

23 Head zookeeper with some

clown (4)