LONDON SUNDAY TIMES CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
Across 1 Period, when you’re ______ eating ( 4,4) 6 Noise made by fiddle ( 6) 9 Oddly, in her case, it flows in a straight line
( 2,3,4,5) 10 Female’s cooking fruit ( 6) 11 Basic uniform, grey, and split skirts ( 8) 12 Read in church when bell is being fixed
( 3,7,5) 16 The Bowery’s name? ( 5,10) 19 Bits of toast briefly put out — can I? ( 8) 21 A contribution to what reduces hostility
( 6) 23 Number 10 ( 3,5,3,3) 24 Given facts, tax the upper classes
( 6) 25 5 shot, only in Liverpool ( 8)
Down 2 River banks washed out, raised area in the
dark ( 7) 3 See husband leaving so get sports car ( 5) 4 Anger about chasing cute adolescent ( 9) 5 Quality French bread in bag- handler’s mug
drawer? ( 8- 7) 6 Used blade in a way that’s audible ( 5) 7 Writer’s charge to keep heading off graduates
( 9) 8 “Timeless” is visible when “times” is removed
( 7) 12 Mid- point of any big numbers ( 3) 13 Stripper: It’s easy dancing without recorded
music ( 9) 14 Turn in Yankee after greeting that he fluffed
( 3,3,3) 15 Long time no see — finally turned up
( 3) 17 Vegetation now covers land ( 7) 18 Duck call enthralling you, as Jack may be
( 3- 4) 20 Climber eating yellow pasty ( 5) 22 Check balls out ( 5)