Weekend crossword
ACROSS
1 Slavey did wrong, deliberately (9)
6 A back stitch is daunting (4)
10 Rent trouble, quite a blow (7)
11 Cause to lose resolve, even run off (7) 12 Obstruct a combination of states with
Kremlin’s Cold War leader (5) 13 Ptotected by friend, I’m taking gold
back — it’s a bright metal (8)
15 We drive a disguised paramour,
discreetly concealed (4, 1, 4, 4) 17 Something added to salary — hairstyle and suit when around the northeast (6, 7)
20 Follow spectators causing flap at back
of lorry (44)
21 Arrive finally in the garden, duped (3, 2) 23 Monsieur wants a French Hamlet?
That’s dull (7)
24 Asked for more to stop around the
centre (7)
25 Southern fellow, after setback, signifies
assent (4)
26 What fencers indulge in — a spot of
sarcasm, puns etc (9)
DOWN
1 Defensive substance, one used in
worker organisation (8) 2 Longwinded lad mostly engaged in
poetry (7)
3 Quite crazy leading player, begging, we
hear, upset mother (5, 6, 3) 4 Fashionhouse staff uplifted about one
(4)
5 Centre for teenagers, say, where you’ll
need the short bludgeons (5, 5)
7 One unduly anxious in lineup? That is
right (7)
8 Filthy place around the East in the
morning, like a sauna? (6) 9 Troubled and badly conned in Venice
(14)
14 Dally, we hear, with inferior, like a man
in space? (10)
16 Foolishly sets up, in vain (8) 17 Pretended to eat when swallowing gin
craftily (7)
18 Associated but independent, fled in
disarray — about time (7)
19 Part of flower, one without blemish, the
last word (6)
22 The lady’s love, the ideal man (4)