New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

CRYPTIC word

- By Jim Greenfield

Complete the puzzle to reveal two solutions in the shaded squares, relating to the picture clues.

PICTURE CLUES 9ac & 25ac

ACROSS

7 Neuromuscu­lar event turns up some wrestling (4) 9 Della goofs about in this movie (10) 10 Calf hock goes off without proper preparatio­n (4,4) 11 Underwear you drink in? (6) 12 Underwear that lands you in court? (6) 13 Agent found rising at the end of the day on the Orient? (5) 14 Leftover strange-looking brides (6) 16 Former church had physical training unless (6) 20 The body from the roost (5) 21 Unknown hero was (6) 22 A gun shot heard in the billiard room! (6) 24 Cent so to speak but no money required (4,4) 25 Movie about the Spanish white house? (10) 26 Act out “Outcast” (4)

DOWN

1 Frenchman who works with overheads (8) 2 See Lois go around the shelters (6) 3 Underwear that comes with riders? ( 7) 4 Actors position when not on the coach (8) 5 Nearly lost ma (6) 6 It’s sailor season (4) 8 A strange true ape and in a fix (2,1,4) 15 Perkins gets a pound to spread around (8) 17 Cope with loss about where the drain ends (8) 18 Sapient sort of underwear ( 7) 19 Putting icing on the trees and then chopping it off ( 7) 20 Incant about container or with it (3,3) 21 Open “Sun” ale maybe (6) 23 Gone Down a street? (4)

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