National Post (National Edition)
CRYP TIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Ride taken round Honshu, principally, by inscrutable person (6)
4 Bad fire in branch (8)
10 A dry, mostly freezing, upper
room (5)
11 Significant worker, one having
special skills (9)
12 Prune others spreading,
indefinite number (7) 13 Uncomplaining, study portable
shelter (7)
14 Fight adversary misguidedly creating work throughout the night (9,5)
17 Held one’s gran if upset, conciliatory words being required (2,4,8)
21 News coming back about old
soldier (7)
23 Stuff at sea it polluted (7) 24 Love a speech introducing
Democrat (9)
25 Percentage of quota cut (5) 26 Legacy of millions missing from
retreat (8)
27 Cool customer, initially wearing
tartan (6)
DOWN
1 Celebrity on mixed gins – Leo, perhaps (4,4)
2 Stew at ball? A delicate
matter (3,6)
3 Item worn with audacity
ahead of match (7) 5 Language used before preparing something for the salad? (6,8) 6 Constant check (7)
7 In abeyance round Mediterranean resort (2,3)
8 Deal with Yankee,
making pact (6) 9 A lot of possibly unproductive activity travelling between places? (5,3,6) 15 Extraordinary worker having sparkling wine in football club (9)
16 Heavenly body of a
bodybuilder? (8)
18 Stop after snake makes for
pitch (7)
19 Misprint in literature on period of history ending in turmoil (7)
20 Join a church following a tense
time (6)
22 Love dreary perfume (5)