National Post

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

ACROSS

1 Eastern European language buff ( 6) 4 Call headwear back for astronaut ( 8) 9 Puts forward most inane cryptic ( 9) 11 Grant entry to a low- grade engineerin­g school ( 5) 12 More impulsive, the woman takes bubbly drink ( 7) 13 Sanction on trade whipped up mob rage ( 7) 14 Asian country’s northeast friend ( 5) 16 Striving endlessly for headache relief ( 7) 19 Some newscaster­s mistaken on crash ( 7) 21 Mimi stands outside a city in Florida ( 5) 23 Eurasian country guys breaking into song ( 7) 25 Important person in shocking pink ( 7) 27 Opera disturbed a Scot ( 5) 28 Makes teenagers mad ( 9) 29 Guru in church service manipulate­s in a way ( 8) 30 A ring beside small rings of coral ( 6)

DOWN

1 Tendency to write monotonous music ( 8) 2 Moves unsteadily 51 metres per second ( 5) 3 Lad in U. S. upset old timer ( 7) 5 Stick salt in dome ( 5) 6 Church with yellowish room ( 7) 7 Roman made wrong notes ( 9) 8 Not one working idea ( 6) 10 Strong wind damaged a hairstyle ( 7) 15 Fortune tellers including second King David, et al. ( 9) 17 Promote family writer in Russian ( 7) 18 Musicians playing in spa sit ( 8) 20 Preserve farewell musical piece ( 7) 21 Live in Treasury building tower ( 7) 22 Diminutive outlaw with floppy hat ( 6) 24 Early Briton’s point of view ( 5) 26 Stroke a large flower part ( 5)

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Last Saturday’s Puzzle Solved

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