CRYPTIC CLUES

01 Cold store base (5)

08 Definite sign of an increase (8) 09 Friend shown writing beside

tropical trees (5) 10 Ready-made paper turned out

crimson (8)

11 A solitary individual (5)

12 The most one can get in real

life (3)

16 Neutral gear perhaps (6) 17 Shutter usually closed at night (6) 18 A deposit in the battery (3) 23 They blow as a tornado does (5) 24 Quarter-deck cutters (8) 25 Ship in river east of the

Equator (5)

26 A lofty approach of course (4,4) 27 Hunt for a groovy way to

decorate (5) 02 An outstanding part of the

country (8)

03 Warn a pretty girl about a

Scotsman (8)

04 Stock controller’s pen (6) 05 Quick - it’s cold (5)

06 I take car around Norwegian

inlet (5)

07 They may be strung up by the

neck (5)

12 Cut in tax entitlement (3) 13 Member taking part in a relay

(3)

14 Damnable food in which

there’s no good (8)

15 Stupid advice to those who

worry unnecessarily (8)

19 I’d gone out to see a Hebrew

judge (6)

20 Law and order (5)

21 Sailor came up to the wrong

dock (5)

22 Brag about a squash shot (5)