Weekend crossword
ACROSS
1 Minicoated characters agitating for 10
percent reduction (10)
6 The you that follows art — or a couple
of monkeys? (4)
9 The archdeacon is performing —
strong meat (7)
10 Upcountry, where the patients are? (7) 12 They must be taken out of the country:
leave by a secondary thoroughfare (8,6) 14 I’m out of bed and upright on the stairs
(5)
15 Clue’s involved with door being painted
(8)
17 Tom sanguine about English class? (8) 19 End of a rustler invading the West —
unhorsed (5)
22 Supreme aim: dance around the Orient and finish up with a couple of pounds (23,3,33)
24 Blast, the rotter’s cutting an ace (7) 25 After jogging, I fed on frozen stuff, a pile
(7)
26 First sign of Noah and his vessel is
found in grass (4)
DOWN
1 Bearer of olive branch not quite making
port (4)
2 Weight in vessels the Swiss inhabit (7) 3 Disorderly in the extreme — not at all
the thing (4,9)
4 Carp not rising for Pacific Islander (6) 5 Dropping round on the embassy (8) 7 After the end of March a leafy bower
provides shelter (7)
8 Team goes from high to low in
complete confusion (64) 11 Two ducks in ebb drift dappled with
dew — or it could be a swan (36,4) 13 Expert artist where the rubbish goes —
he’s crazy (55)
16 Duck roam railway in which fruit is
grown (8)
18 Vehicle for amy doctors, sailor going
outside (43)
20 Banking — cathedral city enters the
arena (7)
21 Runner has to cut off north (6) 23 Bulldozer operating? Nothing in that (4)