Crossword

No. 47 by Rosebud

Across

8/20A Caught on line – red herring or not – just bag the thing in your good own time. (4,2,2)

9 How the water of life would go down with scuppered sailors? (2,3,5) 10/12A Firewater – as labelled – can’t be

much clearer than this! (5-3-5)

11 Phoebe and her associates didn’t come much bigger than these. Friends? Deities! (6)

12 See 10A

13/24D You could speak disparagingly of

those who plead poverty. (4-5)

15 What’s this for a change of hairstyle? (4) 18 All set to go? Dying, dear, I want a turn.

(5,3,7)

20 See 8A

21 O leave the court and be brisk. (4)

22 You’ll need to know the know-how to

get one up and running. (5)

25 The character of a screen actor comes

with the face. (4-2)

27 T’would be like OO.48 hours in that

there ol’ injun-speak! (3,5)

28 This one should know the rules of grammar in which reported speech would most matter! (10)

29 Scrapes a living from the meekest. (4)

Down

1 I set the law about those with most to gain when others lose. (10)

2 Bring forth, then, however unlawful it may sound. (6)

3 O damn...wandering as ever, this one. (5)

4 The dust clears up where a horse rears up. (4) 5 Narrow-minded Nazi cult by all sounds... (9)

6 …not rightly cast to set in opposition. (8)

7 See 27D

14 What we all get daily doesn’t quite

come with more wisdom. (5)

16 With funds allocated for one purpose,

could farmers be so protected? (4-6) 17 Putting couples on course for

engagement? Game for that! (5,4)

19 Irish port – much easier on the tongue

for the English? (9)

23 All his slates should be on the house:

doesn’t he work there? (6)

24 See 13A

26 Latin love: there’s no end to the moral

disclosed. (4)

27/7D Hide outside...that delicate

complexion so vulnerable inside. (4,4)