CRYP TIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Artist’s medium in van, say ( 7) 5 Ministry in charge expressed hesitation a bit ( 7) 9 Pursue hospital in legal matter ( 5) 10 Powerful guy amongst assembled number around Republican ( 9) 11 Reach inlet abroad without suspicion ( 2,3,5) 12 Interpret for audience quiz answer (4) 14 Dog with German entering alone in amazing fashion ( 12) 18 Adjustable scale over cover in financial summary ( 7,5) 21 Tense thoroughfare in Paris? That’s constant (4) 22 A result of being dubbed? ( 10) 25 Slips etc in foreign articles on Spain amid conflict ( 9) 26 Better barbecue? ( 5) 27 Gold found in river stream ( 7) 28 Have too much of board? ( 7)
DOWN
1 Two short men, one suffering a crime? ( 6) 2 Toast in sound condition ( 6) 3 In church, unexpectedly let in men bringing fruit ( 10) 4 Parade a selfie? It’s restricting support for artist ( 5) 5 Thin figure entering boggy area in African city ( 9) 6 Unpleasantly damp part of old Ankara (4) 7 A PC in mag rebooted for operations ( 8) 8 Object to view around yard in contemplation ( 5,3) 13 Note place for eggs by river – and singular soup ( 10) 15 Feature on course before strike in protected area ( 5,4) 16 Get in way of old boy with lorry largely occupying street ( 8) 17 Fish left in sink ( 8) 19 Calm soprano with glasses and tenor haggle after vacation ( 6) 20 Skilful medic probing a round
object ( 6) 23 Uniform, perhaps, put on old
film star ( 5) 24 Rupees given in payment – or
no charge (4)