GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1,5,9 Corrupt “haves” all at once inherit

our greatest public asset (8,6,7) 10 People in court to condemn Jeremy Hunt neglecting the sick (7) 11 First to admire Mr Aneurin Bevan,

our revolutionary 5 reformer? (5) 12 Be rude about ’Arry, chap with

scalpel (9) 13 Rebellious 1 5 9 donning uniforms with singular irritability (12) 17 Allocated by month: care reduced,

deadlines trashed (12) 20 Pain of north European country

losing monarch (9) 22 Theatre cancelling 50%

of surgical procedures (5) 23 Current wife describing time in

MRI machines? (7) 24 “Skint!”, one dental nurse

said monotonously (7) 25 Require extremely large

hypodermic? (6) 26 Available drug seized by

frantic matrons (2,6)

DOWN

1 Regularly sneers at poor old counsellor (6) 2 Hospital study following Bert’s last suture (6) 3 Rusting, lidless box hid a can containing nothing (9) 4 Ensure bandage moved lower (8,5) 6 Superior neighbour

sounded weird (5) 7 Are still taking pulse, for example

of Flora (4,4) 8 Barbarians entertaining very

French lady after game (8) 10 Right now I fib about blood group,

for good reason (13) 14 Sat at home twirling surgical

instrument (9) 15 10 new non-invasive procedures

advanced the study of feet (8) 16 American stops small community

rejecting very bad treatment (3-5) 18 Attempt to raise spirits of Irishman

with case of champagne (6) 19 One behind the other in Accident

& Emergency (6) 21 Local London football team

spurned by Poles (5)