Crossword

No. 12 by Rosebud

Across

8 Anglers would know much about it. (4)

9 Given America’s immigration mayhem, only the Irish, apparently, may apply for them! (5,5)

10 Sight for sore eyes made worse – so

the little devil publicly expressed. (8) 11 Take a shot at JR Ewing, if you know

who played him! (6)

12 So faced with the look of death. (5) 13 See 26D

15 Ambience of gold with sun god. (4) 18 Hippies’ ’60s slogan and a hit for

those hairy Hombres then. (3,2,3,4,3) 20 What may not be contracted around

tins...(4)

21 ...a negative imperative contracted.

(4)

22 Is it really a sin to take such

satisfaction within? (5)

25 They were sadly lacking in the

famine for the Irish. (6)

27 If truth be told, so let it be entered.

(8)

28 It’s not just a highland fling that’ll

arouse sexual interest. (10)

29 Established academy where rising

actors develop accordingly. (4)

Down

1 Assert them in order as they hang from wall to wall. (3,7)

2 “I be anaemic!” says Dracula. Get a stake into him! (6)

3 Violent behaviour can be put down in short. (5)

4 Back in your school days, you’d want it in Irish class to go out. (4)

5 Pole position should turn out ideal then. (2,3,4)

6 Eccentric Dubliner of yore and folklore; son-of-a-gun to be sure! (4,4) 7 Just a thought as some said earlier. (4) 14 Nobody’s without risking such a

plunge in poker. (3,2)

16 King Charles could not square up to

Cromwell’s cavalry. (10)

17 If this number doesn’t give it away, it falls on the Sabbath to colloquially say. (6,3)

19 How most ideologies look best before

being put to the test. (2,6)

23 O, tarry....roundabout. (6)

24 Signs from above at some point

revealed. (5)

26/13A. This is necessary, namely, for

those there or not. (4,4)

27 Encore for the Irish? (4)