CROSSWORD

Across

1 Emit smoke (4)

4 Occident (4)

8 Halt (4)

9 Denoting final attempt (4-5)

11 Regal (6)

13 Hit hard (7)

15 Design (6)

16 Occupant (6)

18 Dissertation (6)

20 Sprinkled (6)

22 Impractical (thinking) (4-3)

23 Squire (anag.) (6)

25 XVII (9)

26 Tidy (4)

27 Zone (4)

28 Roue (4) Down

2 Test (4)

3 Water heater (6)

4 Peevish complaint (6) 5 Power point (6)

6 All-male do (4,5)

7 Sprightly (4)

10 Frightful (7)

12 Whispered exclamation (4)

13 Fleece (9)

14 Compendium (7)

17 Fuss (2-2)

19 Arm covering (6)

20 Beat (6)

21 Performer on ice (6) 23 Stylish establishment (4)

24 Yank (4)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION:

Across: 1 Reeve, 4 Reign (Refrain) ,8Alb,9 Manuscripts, 10 Threats, 12 Lover, 13 Eddies, 14 Twelve, 17 Recur, 19 Anthems, 21 Imagination, 23 Ego, 24 Noted, 25 Dense.

Down: 1 Remit, 2 Eon, 3 Enslave, 4 Rarest, 5 Impel, 6 Nashville, 7 Observe, 11 Reduction, 13 Earlier, 15 Wetland, 16 Varied, 18 React, 20 Singe, 22 Inn.

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