Last week’s solution

2017-12-02 -

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Across: 5. s- lob 7. F- rail- ties

9. M( or- G) an 10. dog- tired 11. main[ trunk] line 13. might 15. o( rgano) phosp- hate 18. s- tilt 20. sections[ port] 22. Echelon- s 25. re- hash

26. Blackball 27. skua

Down: 1. Cleo( patra) s 2. ba( N) d

3. bit- in- G 4. isle 6. Bug- and- A

7. Fi( NZ) I 8. legumes 12. ethos

14. titanesque 16. outlook 17. heights

19. { The} Iceman { Cometh} 21. Cyril

23. CU- BA 24. scat