CRYP TIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Fluid duct drained, fixed in advance ( 3,3,5) 7 Form of advertisement bad, put in rubbish container, not much good ( 7) 8 Police department brings in lots – all about to become vigorous ( 7) 10 Pick out some in bunch as terrorists, immoral ( 8) 11 Soft corrosion on something tiny ( 6) 13 Periods of hold- ups with elevated railroad sealed off (4) 14 Pole swinging close by flower? ( 7- 3) 16 Teacher comes to fancy hotel – a place for buns ( 6,4) 18 Get a divining rod (4) 21 Latest report to give time when Oxford term will start? ( 6) 22 Coffee offering energy, thus

crowd’s imbibed ( 8) 24 Men on street taking time to

find safe accommodation ( 7) 25 Fashionable to have very limited language? The opposite ( 7) 26 Awfully tired intellectual

becomes harmful ( 11)

DOWN 1 Reticent to swallow drop of liquid? It’s producing flatulence ( 7) 2 Time to get foul- mouthed briefly, being in the clan ( 6) 3 Man on board reportedly not heavy – a wicked type in the dark? ( 5- 5) 4 Daughter hugged by proper dandy (4) 5 Uneducated drunk ranting about nothing ( 8) 6 Goddess encountered in grass, rolling over ( 7) 7 Mistake over kiss? One would have been shot! ( 11) 9 Is lady able to travel round and see tailless bird? ( 6,5) 12 Little fellow with one stone in battle ultimately accounting for him? ( 10) 15 Divert a short distance round overturned vehicle ( 8) 17 English town has plot to get car manufacturer ( 7) 19 Walter’s terrible idler ( 7) 20 Cold artist against a tie – that is unwanted item of neckwear ( 6) 23 One in street sharing something with a neighbour (4)