CROSSWORD

Chris Leyland No. 8

ACROSS

1 Blowing bribe I’m for boozer (7) 5 Lost no end entering hut, squiffy

(7)

9 Sorrowful feeling in head after

winter blues (7)

10 Superstars conclude, hugged

by supporters (7)

11 Pickled cucumber’s last

ingredient in dip (5)

12 Music of Stones? One such

number to spin (4,1,4) 13 Tropical headgear is a jolly

must, Helen (3-6)

15 Merry year after info on

winners? (5)

16 See ‘oly Asian folk in their river

(5)

18 Ain’t I beer flipping drinker! (9) 21 Trendy top expert not qualified

(9)

24 Loud cry bringing ring to ears

(5)

25 Slugs maybe in a nasty caustic

chemical (7)

26 Falls in US reversing car

against bottles (7)

27 Outdo EE, accepting Staples

(7)

28 What old scribe valued in brass

instrument, about 1,000 (7)

DOWN

1 Belonging to teams showing

guts (7)

2 Playing oud, one Ben is nomad

(7)

3 Really fine joints owned by

comb maker (4,5)

4 Person leaving bed upright (5) 5, 14 I meet Special Branch getting rum to drink on ship (6,3,9)

6 Instrument required for tenor (G

and S) (5)

7 He, corporal, possibly gets work

making poultry hut (3-4)

8 Say that drama’s terrible show

(7)

14 See 5

15 Type displaying old traits to

flummox defender (9) 16 Ape with sex appeal embraced

by one partner (7)

17 Sort of currency claimed to be

easy (7)

19 A chatty, endless party - I’ll

make guacamole (7) 20 Account for lover dumped on

aircraft being heard (7)

22 One half nude in centre of

pages? (3-2)

23 Boredom’s a rotten nuisance to

some extent (5)