National Post

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

ACROSS

1 Saving me, smashed priceless piece of porcelain (4,4) 5 Unwavering saint qualified (6) 9 Picture beam inside entrance (9) 11 Leader of tribe occupying Algonquian island (5) 12 Take a puff on something dangerousl­y fiery (6) 13 Discipline­d bit of wordplay I let drop (8) 15 Doubters continued interrupti­ng orders to attack (8) 16 Delivery vehicle following one Karamazov brother (4) 19 Top ten at the end of parody (4) 20 Bugs and Elmer, council members (8) 23 Kick around a football official with no shoes on (8) 24 Influence shellfish in the sound (6) 27 Vocally flatten or make higher (5) 28 Light rain splattered someone from our home (9) 29 Hate to take away a quiz? (6) 30 Leaving out nothing in front of embassy (8)

DOWN

1 Clean Ed’s bikes with power (6) 2 Bellini opera involved in minor masterpiec­e (5) 3 Bent-over dancing not allowed (8) 4 Place to see pigs by a hellish river (4) 6 Jerk accepting routine plan (6) 7 Seem fifty-fifty about hot new composer (9) 8 Emily, finishing editing (8) 10 Starts meals around one (8) 14 Rambo actor completely getting into rock (8) 15 Sleeve I stuck in used-up flavour of toothpaste (9) 17 Tangled beard reb groomed (8) 18 Surprises in the morning shrubbery (8) 21 Presents heartless members of the force (6) 22 Foolishly anger a former U.S. president (6) 25 Greek character left with one Mexican dish (5) 26 First of taxis crash into streetcar (4)

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