The Saturday Paper

Last week’s Cryptic

- Liam Runnalls’ Cryptic

ACROSS

1. Blokes do sums in their heads ( 8 )

5. NSW tells NT to leave balloons ( 6 )

10. Alcohol belonging to us is gathered from the grapevine? ( 7 )

11. Tip dog ( 7 )

12. Secretly disapprove re a German being too fanatical ( 9 )

13. Employer openly hated ignorant racists, especially Rodney ( 5 )

14. Soulmates are generous with wine and liquor (7,7)

18. Foolishly marries nice god of the underworld? (9,5)

22. Go around the world in old rickety balloon, I’m terrified initial-ly ( 5 )

24. Disoriente­d Oscar twice fails degree ( 9 )

26. Wound allowed to become red ( 7 )

27. Apple centre with two laptops and a cockatoo ( 7 )

28. Tutorial to reduce noise ( 6 )

29. Parting words: “Obey God’s order” ( 8 )

DOWN

1. Qld player’s naked bottom seen around topless bar ( 6 )

2. Anaestheti­sed Irish lass starts gradually counting ( 9 )

3. Taunt the Portuguese coach over midfield ( 5 )

4. Abdomen gas always swirls inside with Italian food ( 7 )

6. Untangled the wire, around one gram heavier ( 9 )

7. Lantern ran out of nitrogen subsequent­ly ( 5 )

8. Stun work superiors and refuse oxygen ( 8 )

9. Hot tub – Romeo and Kay’s romance ( 6 )

15. Charitably give £50 sphere from great sculptor ( 9 )

16. I married twice by speaking unscrupulo­usly ( 9 )

17. Huge lack of profit in fossil fuel ( 8 )

19. Show Arts Centre banned garments ( 6 )

20. Fed up with Canberra head office not having a piece of paper? (2,5)

21. Meat haters heartlessl­y vote to reject sausage ( 6 )

23. Metal undergarme­nts on top soldier ( 5 )

25. Nobody cared when captain went off and paddled ( 5 )

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