CROSSWORD No 1102

ACROSS

1 A trimmed tree trunk tossed in Scotland (5) 4 Casino game (9) 9 Caller, compere (9) 10 Asian currency unit (5) 11 Scratched, wrote the music for (6) 12+19 Across. Throwing gambling game (5-3-4) 14 Places too much faith in (10) 16+24 Down. Gambling game involving cards (4,5) 19 See 12 Across. 20 Large motor vehicle (7,3) 22 French casino game (8) 23 Taiwan’s capital (6) 26 South African antelope (5) 27 Gambling facilitator (9) 28 Drinks of white wine and soda water (9) 29 Indoor game (5)

DOWN

1 Dice gambling session (9) 2 Gambling game involving numbers (5) 3 Casino game (8) 4 Have a flutter, support (4) 5 Car engine parts (3,7) 6 Wild cherry liqueur (6) 7 Pertaining to road surface (9) 8 Work dough, massage (5) 13 Meaningless jargon talked about, or by, the EU (10) 15 Furniture item (4,5) 17 Backsides, rear ends (9) 18+21 Gambling opportunity (3-5,6) 22 Consecrate, hallow (5) 24 See 16 Across. 25 Andirons, tracks & gambling opportunity (4)