Weekend crossword
1954
ACROSS
1 Used to hold up coaches in the road
where TT races are held (10)
6 Abraham L was murdered (4)
9 Being in two languages could get a ‘‘U’’
billing (9)
10 Put up with a babbler (5)
11 Swift foray to get soft centre (5) 12 Arsenal needs us, game sunk,
otherwise — right in it (36)
13 Scaly reptile senior pupil Elizabeth
found by a road (7, 6)
16 Sarah giving a talk is good on lettuce
(5, 8)
18 English hero dressin’ American
gangster (5, 4)
20 Fish — one of our ancestors (5) 22 Railway runners help to intertwine (5) 23 Operative and I earn our pay, doing (9) 24 Clothes for the ragman? They didn’t go
off (4)
25 For my part, chummy, ’er lad should be
inside (10)
DOWN
1 Island capital where one can drink in
tropical setting (6)
2 Lively dance makes a girl work (5) 3 Feasted. Edwin’s merry, not to mention
Diana and Edward (5,3, 5)
4 Teenager? In a short year tongues will
wag (9)
5 Everyone at home is exhausted (3, 2) 7 Arm bone go funny? Result’s a bent
arm (9)
8 Red team at the water’s edge (8) 10 Prinking is nonU, which is a blessing
(13)
13 I make hard backs for factory directors
(9)
14 Livers have the party in tears (9) 15 Writer interrupting a commercial is put
down (8)
17 Periodical sounds unlikely to thrive (6) 19 Jock’s exclamation about yellow paint
(5)
21 Involved in a blazing row, laughs — not
a friendly sound (5)