National Post (National Edition)
CRYP TIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Vessel, shipshape, going by
group of islands off Ireland (8) 5 Turn red, initially, in
Mediterranean country (6) 10 Unable to work normally, no longer having officer status? (3,2,10)
11 Story given by soldier, mostly
story female denied (7) 12 Supervise extra hunt,
kilo missing (7)
13 Regarding organ in
school study (8)
15 Offences involving grand
gestures (5)
18 Incline to include leader of revolution in fashion (5)
20 Interesting story in a memo about English recording (8)
23 Meissen smashed
in retribution (7)
25 Copy perplexed
clients (7)
26 Really, desert must contain
nutrients (3,8,4)
27 Spin doctor’s last to
eat sloppily (6)
28 Photograph of
game killed? (8)
DOWN
1 Group of actors in rep, out
swimming (6)
2 Poke one’s nose in and enter if
upset about queen (9) 3 Friendly – a fine following
leading up to it (7) 4 Unaccompanied, the Parisian up on top of Eiger (5)
6 Have influence (7)
7 Farewell drink upset
over one (5)
8 Foolish behaviour from canon’s ensemble (8)
9 Those I’m worried about love
drink (8) 14 Piece of music from a shop that’s out of place in road close to Piccadilly (8)
16 Wild at charges, so get in this
way? (9)
17 Signify support (5,3) 19 Daughter is wrong
to twist (7)
21 Masquerade as
Dr Seuss briefly playing piano (5,2) 22 Articulate head of faculty advanced round university (6)
24 Worth millions, bore after
revolution (5)
25 Small aquatic bird in back of
boat? (5)