CRYP TIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Strike restricting a corporation ( 6) 4 Somehow happier having penned grand words at front of book? ( 8) 9 See hundred drink in this place ( 6) 10 Daughter with us in the beginning seen as magical ( 8) 11 Gosh – bet the French tucking in will get fat! ( 9) 13 Notice record time – it’s very good ( 5) 14 A freeness lost? It becomes tricky to state opinions boldly ( 6,7) 17 A ton? Hang on, we say, it’s a lot less than a ton! ( 13) 21 Field left with a lot of paper around ( 5) 23 Breaker for ship of the

desert? (4,5) 24 Sovereign put at risk has head of army brought in ( 8) 25 First bit of icing in last bit of decoration ( 6) 26 Artist put in the box Irish cross ( 8) 27 Money paid for capturing knight and member of royal family ( 6) DOWN 1 Friend with brilliant home – a big expensive one ( 6) 2 Nicer aunt sadly in a dither? ( 9) 3 Flags? Officer comes with yours and mine ( 7) 5 Folk making request? No respite, it could possibly appear ( 11) 6 Place for car containing black stuff in bins? ( 7) 7 A male needs employment, please ( 5) 8 Vindaloo for a remarkable person? ( 3,5) 12 Our lad’s role could be making money (4-7) 15 Old lover with the action of a twister said to be taking too much money ( 9) 16 Social reformer in church, one painting a picture maybe ( 8) 18 Regret about one responsible for coded messages ( 7) 19 Good American row – it’s

becoming stormier ( 7) 20 Two loveless mischief- makers shortly appearing in middle of the day? ( 6) 22 Top character gets record with cry of surprise going round ( 5)