CRYP TIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 New road by shy, plucky heroes

in books (5,4)

8 Particle in domestic

rum bottle (5)

10 Cosmetic Mom put around a

mark (7)

11 Upset as Spurs beat (7) 12 Discover tragic king and

queen’s end (5)

13 Flag-waving picture outside at

civil uproar (9)

15 All excited, Terry meets a writer

of children’s books (11)

20 Take apart England’s last

reworked salt mine (9)

22 Arabs roaming around place in

Iraq (5)

23 Flamboyant figure in espionage

carrying whip (7)

25 Lee’s picking up gum, peanuts,

beans and such (7)

26 Loop in a rodeo ring caught by

instinct (5)

27 French town depicted plucky

heroine in books (5,4)

DOWN

1 Illegally enter resort, breaking

lock (8)

2 Waiter’s wish: open tab, tip

adjusted (3,7)

3 Questions fool

about king (4)

4 Southern metropolis divided by

auto shortage (8)

5 Mongrel possessing an unusual

offspring (6)

6 Musical note in sacred

sermon (6)

7 Long trip around the sun with

NASA’s Vanguard (5) 9 Simple stuff, as in

cheap pens (6)

14 High point for trees’ years

outside of Berlin (10)

16 Sporty car ad in team listing (8) 17 “Sorry me,” a sad appellation

for a girl (8)

18 Inventor no faction

backed (6)

19 European city conflict

observed (6)

21 Tavern promptly admits Al (6) 22 Stroller full of flaws (5) 24 Suddenly remove player in

pinstripes (4)