LONDON SUNDAY TIMES CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Across
1 One doesn’t think about footballer’s wife
being a dignified lady ( 7) 5 Having boarded a ship, is big name in
shipping ( 7) 9 I am filling in for top player ( 5) 10 It’s cruel to spread lies about awful truth ( 9) 11/ Reason for daughter’s 14 morning ritual? ( 3,8,2,3,5) 15 King George eats only toast ( 5) 17 Happy? No dice ( 3,2) 18 Cavalier’s rank hampering bid to retreat ( 8) 20 Head for London or Edinburgh, say — this
may be A1 sign ( 7,6) 22 Black partner’s kept wife — never
disappeared ( 5,4) 24 Baton is something orchestra member may
look at ( 5) 25 Mister Bob Hope ( 7) 26 Now entering races — nothing to it ( 7)
Down
1 Field operative’s inside information ( 4) 2 Blow- by- blow description of calls? ( 7- 4,4) 3 Character brought to life via digital animation
( 5,6) 4 Very tough pitch had to restrict runs ( 4- 4) 5 Keep south of huge port ( 6) 6 Wooden, like horse ( 3) 7 Sort of union one expects to join? ( 7,8) 8 Supply 21 street lights ( 4,4,2) 12 Becoming aged isn’t too disastrous ( 2,4,5) 13 A little box of these ingredients, popularly
( 5,5) 16 Utter nonsense about regular characters in
girlie movie ( 4,4) 19 Extremely cheerful and always bright ( 6) 21 Switch is off, mostly. Should that happen?
( 2,2) 23 Uneasy when losing bits that are odd and
even ( 3)