Otago Daily Times

Cryptic crossword

-

ACROSS 1. Last aristocrat to rumble about on cart to guillotine (7) 5. From memory repeated the Creed, it could be (7) 9. Domineerin­g woman had a cutting edge to her (9) 10. She may give one a song at Christmas time (5) 11. Song-words partly Rice, are they? (5) 12. Picture one may be chasing (9) 13. Saying after one can give Peter a gin (9) 16. It may be 12 will write in capital letters (5) 17. Wine grape quietly turns into it (5) 18. Answered that it needs drop to restore it (9) 20. Something of a background nature that may take a pasting (9) 23. Distinctiv­e expression is one that’s dim about nothing (5) 25. Like Lamb to get a line wrong (5) 26. Instinctiv­e feeling comes out in it in revision (9) 27. Take the weight off one’s feet if wind’s to change (3,4) 28. Signifies it needs to be adapted (7)

DOWN 1. Shaped like a pipe taking brutal u-turn (7) 2. The car has a test and there’s nothing to put right (5) 3. Is not keen to cut antler to shape (9) 4. Don’t take time off when in service (5) 5. Takes one on again if one doesn’t begin the plums (9) 6. Hot drink supplied in the Morocco coach (5) 7. Tried fire, of which one may be very frightened (9) 8. How one held GT with a good deal of pleasure (7) 14. One on game show who plants lie in such a way (9) 15. Bursting in, our trip may come round to it (9) 16. The furnishing of a profession­al dream (9) 17. Pulverises the drops we dispensed (7) 19. Insists on having Med sand to play with (7) 21. Please turn over holding in a piebald horse (5) 22. Is assessed for being scolded (5) 24. It’s proof that anyone can work it (5)

 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from New Zealand