Mungo MacCallum’s Cryptic
ACROSS
1. About right – a favourite receptacle proverbially useful for political blow-ins (9)
6. Fish, journalist put into cipher (5)
9. Small, affected, young rascal (5)
10. Affecting two parties at Liberal assembly (9)
11. Makes certain old city makes sense (7)
12. Roughly chained marsupial (7) 13. Traditional fundraiser revealed at modern living (9,5) 17. Jumbo dessert? Well, they used to say I liked it (9,5)
21. Graduate trick – a way of
cooking (7)
23. Sweet Mama – Australian
thank you (7)
25. Record of Weasley trapped in
chewing gum base (9)
26. Time with Indian virgin in
paradise (5)
27. Total account for Middle
Eastern spice (5)
28. Opera glasses needed to let go
rent (9)
DOWN
1. Cool – let’s mingle with Tim or Peter (8)
2. Studies about promotions (5) 3. Telepath with a worker – ring for a new language! (9) 4. Graduate beside rest, but work as a childminder (7)
5. Old ship for a grand total, a very long time (7)
6. Dismiss Tom with honour (5) 7. Reckless man required for terrible dread and sin (9)
8. River mouths, salted, deteriorated (6)
14. Moslem art in chaos – violent and confusing threat (9) 15. Upended container over a road with a Chinese national – around Jaipur perhaps (9)
16. Nobel’s invention – it may end badly (8)
18. Record over one state? It’s reasonable (7)
19. Explosion unclear – but a very powerful sort (7)
20. Counter – sailors surround
a copper (6)
22. Charge 99 for a column (5)
24. Publicity about the last
mature human being (5)
Solution next week