CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 7556

Down

Down ACROSS

1. The fool was told otherwise (4). 7, Said worriedly “The paper-cutter will get lost” (9). 8. Patient, do a preliminary survey (4). 9. Give the turf a water (4). 10. The mark of prison (4). 11. The same artist: a woman (4). 14. The ----look you were given? (5,5). 16. Are phantom ships seen in it? (3,4,3). 19. Think, myself, the editor will be back (4). 22. Cotton on a branch (4). 24. Scheme to get back into the top fifty (4). 25. Help to blacken (4). 26. Generally speaking, one has a grave dug in it (2,7). 27. Or it could be arranged for a group (4).

DOWN

1. Cut and put in the refrigerator the day before (5). 2. He’s unsuccessful and the role’s got to be rewritten (5). 3. When taking the order, I’m back in the plant (6). 4. Furious, going back to question about the material (6). 5. Begin to unlock (4). 6. A local girl will provide the music (9). 12. Should he want to move in, one is declining (2,3,4).

13. In the commercial, be lying down (4). 15. Drawn, you say, to the creature (4). 17. Aim to pour out a sip again (6).

18. Expect someone to keep you a cake (6). 20. Why one is out there shivering? (5). 21. An Italian whose mother has gone to Brazil (5). 23. Yield to the soldier at the very beginning (4).

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 7555 - SOLUTIONS Across

- 7, Left in the air. 8, Fin-al-e. 9, Ma-i-nly. 10, Conta-i-n. 12, St-ash. 15, D-elay (rev). 16, Pa-trick. 18, Th-re-at. 20, Loaded. 22, Dispossessed

- 1, S’emit-one. 2, Etna (rev). 3, I-nte-rim. 4, Shame. 5, Ban-is-ter. 6, (m)oral(e). 11, Tr-averse. 13, Sic-kened. 14, Tal-l-est. 17, Stood 19, Hide 21, Al’s-o.

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 7555 - SOLUTIONS Across

- 7, Repercussion. 8, Claret. 9, Loiter. 10, Chamber. 12, Titan. 15, Among. 16, Anthrax. 18, Charge. 20, Govern. 22, Invertebrate.

- 1, Sealyham. 2, Beer. 3, Scatter. 4, Psalm. 5, Diminish. 6, Knee. 11, Mangrove. 13, Alacrity. 14, Snigger. 17, Heart. 19, Hail. 21, Vary.