Yorkshire Post

YORKSHIRE DAY CROSSWORD

- A puzzle by Chris Leyland

ACROSS

1 Worry about Liz, 14’s pet? (6)

4 Headgear for 14’s barmy pals, fact (4,4) 9 Artist Brian flying Virgin (6)

10 Mark bay about right popular resort shortly

(8)

12 Day to knock back some ale, Tadcaster (4) 13 Parts ruined by wazzocks (5)

14 That’s me, t’Yorkie, or I’ll be damned! (4) 17 Aye! Horrid sky looks bad for 14’s festival

(9,3)

20, 21 Where we’ll see tha mortally ill with a bit

of bareheaded nookie? (2,6,4,4,2)

23 Pain in t’ ‘ead, ‘eh? First signs of chap’s

‘angover returning (4)

24 Sounds to be champion fireplace (5)

25 For what tha only does owt for 29? (4) 28 Pick up thi musket etc. Sam, a trek being

rough (4,4)

29 What tha’ll see in t’Mirror? That chap’s in

No.10 (6)

30 Chasing t’shelving for wine bottles? (8) 31 Whitby’s No.1 girl gets chucked in

competitio­n (6)

DOWN

1 Loud song leads to dancing around Yorkshire streets for festive occasions (4-4)

2 Old shipbuilde­rs ‘of different world’ in Humber, Esk etc. (8)

3 Eagle sighted in Doncaster? Never! (4)

5 Cat I kept - he’ll craftily lap up leftovers? (4,3,5) 6 One needs t’aptitude to make rhubarb pie? (4)

7 Yon man sporting an alias (6)

8 Get drunk in t’one in outskirts of Sheffield (6)

11 A rookie originally, in t’army ‘e’ll get trained to be a

gunner (12)

15 A short song with Yorkshire ultimately in unison (2,3) 16 Real Yorkshire tub-thumper Arthur Scargill initially

put up as half-beast,... (5)

18 ...his industry’s sustained defeat, massive (8) 19 Show return not half secured by coins careful 14

looks after (8)

21 See 20 Across

22 Sounds like one as throws part of posh hockey-like

game (6)

26 Up in York I allus muck about (4)

27 Oxford mebbe wouldn’t call it ‘boit’! (4)

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