Otago Daily Times

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. A drive relaid outside entrance is patchy (10)

7. Collected a line measured in centimetre­s (4)

10. Hydrogen trapped in toilet shaft’s opening (8)

11. Show displeasur­e about one result (3,3)

12. Supporting structure behind company’s office equipment (6)

13. Old individual not ultimately included in recognitio­n of achievemen­ts (8)

15. Quartet from Auckland is cutting a record (4)

16. Leave market without right containers of wine (4,6)

18. Punk band’s twisted exploits on board ship (3,7)

21. See 23 Down

22. Racecourse switched horse not in good shape (8)

24. Look good with cavalry weapon (6)

25. Channel’s sound went down quickly (6)

26. Nothing exported from Detroit by us remains (8)

27. False informatio­n one extracted from foreigners (4)

28. Demented guy gets red pig (6-4)

DOWN

2. A journal is penned by Poe to express regret (9)

3. Elected head of school described in speech theoretica­lly (2,9)

4. Hard stuff beat hard, coarse material (7)

5. Eden’s exclusive fruit supplier is terrible to weekend golfer (4,2,9)

6. Money put down is picked up in storage facility (7)

8. Roger, gripped by fear, stopped sleeping (5)

9. Boxing gloves struck with head flung back (7)

14. A long airbed, especially manufactur­ed, is carrying weight (4-7)

17. Quickly look up ranked individual’s score (4,5)

18. Half of stew left under short pastry (7)

19. Be quiet in excavation party (7)

20. Able to see dish get cooked (7)

23 & 21 Across. Cable user translated curse in French (5,4)

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