Crossword

Across

8/24D Much-screened movie nowadays to amuse one in selfisolation. (4,5)

9 Would it not be down in the end to

enjoying life to the fullest? (6,2,2) 10 Just two words, then, for commencement of action? O...sixty minutes?! (4,4)

11 Any cure-all that can be made up?

Er...59 I concocted. (6)

12 All Greek to you and me, your

sources of inspiration. (5)

13 It’s a silly slip of the tongue that

comes between them. (4)

15 Whistle to come back! (4)

18 Where a red ghter stands before

coming to blows? (2,2,4,6)

20 Before you can bear it....it’s the last that was seen of the Cheshire Cat... (4)

21 …but this is just a threadbare tail

you’d hear. (4)

22 With only a single vowel squarely in

the middle, that’s a blow! (5) 25/27A Might you have got through every one of the tests − or skipped the lot of them, perhaps? (6,4,5)

27 See 25A

28 For their own welfare, workers would have to get in on a forum in order to establish one. (4,1,5)

29 “Can I be my brother’s keeper?” said

he. (4)

Down

1 There’s always one to set the pace before the next one takes its place. (10)

2 With more E.T. heads around, close encounters are still out of reach – unless of the 3rd kind? (6)

3 The bowler has no right to bend it. (5) 4 So it’s done and dusted for every

bowler! (4)

5 Solve its centre to criss-cross the

word. (9)

6 How ominous would it be should

Northern Ireland resist change? (8) 7 Volcanic mountain allegedly extinct. Now, how do ya like them apples? (4)

14 Conclude with ner adjustment...

(5)

16 ...how to get the better of Information Technology, for example. (8,2)

17 So exhausted...from too much sport

activity? (6,3)

19 Such an o er, if sizeable, must look

attractive. (8)

23 What with that country’s gulf between the States, Trump would have it dammed! (6)

24 See 8A

26 Me ne, can’t you see, gone

berserk. (4)

27 Conclusive test – o the grid – of a

sweet tooth? (4)