CRYP TIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Cuts into two parts, taking half second ( 7) 5 Bill is an aristocrat, it’s said ( 7) 9 A temple ornament? ( 5) 10 Fear capture ( 9) 11 Letter- openers? ( 10) 12 Beast left one with no going back (4) 14 It’s not in one’s own interest to display it ( 12) 18 Mistakenly denounces art that’s now done without thinking ( 6,6) 21 Articulates further and sums up (4) 22 Torch left burnt residue in

passage ( 10) 25 Musters to call for drink

( 7,2) 26 Gather information, alternating with the French ( 5) 27 Uncle out to get us – that’s the heart of the matter ( 7) 28 A game cut short ( 7) DOWN 1 Little girl with fish to sell down the river ( 6) 2 Drink that is mixed and cast around ( 6) 3 Changed circumstances may put a different complexion on them ( 10) 4 Checks foundation garments ( 5) 5 Sadly Pat and Ernest split up for now ( 2,7) 6 Signals and strikes the ball? (4) 7 Tune died out, in need of revising ( 8) 8 Insisted on getting amended order ( 8) 13 Having surveyed houses one may warn of future problems ( 10) 15 The last people you expect to see in knockout competitions ( 9) 16 Two fools in killer combination ( 8) 17 One that’s learned what’s not practical ( 8) 19 Old guards about to get settled ( 6) 20 Attitude that a driver may

take on a course ( 6) 23 A shade sanctimonious in the

main ( 5) 24 Manage to get note supporting policeman (4)