Crossword
Across
8 Beware of the catch brought back
from an endless party! (4)
9 Should baby fall on its head, note fallen outcome, for that’s the soft spot. (10)
10 Now, how without moccasins could
the Mohicans run like their horses? (8) 11 Urges to get breakfast going? (4,2) 12 It may give you a high temperature from a low one, or some such ill wind. (5)
13 Lady in love? That’s how she goes! (4) 15 German river. Uh, between the Rhine
and the Rhone? (4)
18 How utterly corrupt can one be in
the Big Apple? (6,2,3,4)
20 For some, it’s that ominous bit to
start or end life. (4)
21 See 22A
22/21A Pigs... how they hoard the source
of life for themselves! (5-4, or 9)
25 No turtle is he, to first name you’ll agree, but still fast on his feet like an athlete. (6)
27/29A Must be sitting pretty if
perfectly positioned here. (2,3,3,4) 28 Would it not be critical in a jury’s verdict to have one so lately discharged? (7,3)
29 See 27A
Down
1 “Expire!” says the doctor, as one
must do. (7,3)
2 Change a plea initially
prosecuted in court. (6)
3 See 17D
4 This month isn’t out of date for
it. (4)
5 Self-effacing, as any unmasked
bank robber should be! (6-3)
6 From the grapevine, vintage ‘81
cops and robbers series. (8)
7 Given a choral tone, it could be
either high or low. (4)
14 Go man, wandering betwixt. (5) 16 Rachel Blackmore epitomises one – or whose man will turn to call her that. (10)
17/3D Where Homer dreamed up
his myths, perhaps? (2,3,4,2,3) 19 Big star then, only to get bigger
again. (3,5)
23 Disinclined to a bit of poetry...
(6)
24 ...but agreed, seemingly, to
make amends... (5)
26 ...while members raise the second amendment to carry them stateside. (4)
27 You’ll find her somewhere
bordering East Germany. (4)