LONDON SUNDAY CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Accross
1 Drivers on- board ship, in private accommodation
( 7) 5 Rodent emerges from River Thames in a storm
( 7) 9 Fare rises with changes in structure ( 5,4) 10 Robot made from lots of metal this writer backed
( 5) 11 Introduction taken from story like “The Fields”?
( 6) 12 Medicine put outside is returned in case ( 8) 14 Person dies suffering mental anguish ( 10) 16 Turn back, about to discover monster ( 4) 18 Return of Friends is a hit ( 4) 19 Cut high crime rate here ( 10) 22 Upsets a soldier with son outside the gallery
( 8) 23 Starter of boiled egg on rare meat? ( 6) 26 Duck died by river ( 5) 27 A eulogy about tenor’s quality ( 9) 28 Run to work ( 7) 29 Meeting to talk about sulphur plant ( 7)
Down
1 Group hiding Twist the thief ( 7) 2 Girl carrying a dish in the curry house ( 5) 3 Top pilots welcoming top racing driver as hero
( 8) 4 Luggage goes on rear part of the aeroplane ( 4) 5 Welcome a difficult situation ( 3- 2- 3- 2) 6 Politician gathers silver — that’s just what he
might do! ( 6) 7 The northern man interrupting singer’s lecture
( 7,2) 8 Demolish manor, church and court ( 7) 13 When having break stir tea and declare ( 10) 15 Play, on piano, overused phrase ( 9) 17 You’ll see one shuffling to work in Vegas? ( 8) 18 Difficult character’s neither good nor bad?
( 2- 3- 2) 20 Harbour’s extremely risky for a cannon ( 7) 21 A Scottish valley without a mineral ( 6) 24 Young’s last game against the Spanish is sloppy
fare ( 5) 25 Engaged in work at the highest level ( 4)