Crossword 2824

ACROSS

1 Put in a nutshell; summarize (3,2)

5 Money paid to be a member of a club or organisation (4)

7 Determined attempt (6)

8 Slice meat into pieces (5)

9 Unit of land area (4)

10 Body of rules made by the legislature (3)

11 Join, fuse, merge (5)

12 Robber; highwayman (6)

13 People who used to steal dead bodies to sell for dissection (13)

20 Chaperone (6)

21 Brawl (5)

22 Drink gingerly (3)

23 Past participle of be (4)

24 Spooky (5)

25 Proper and suitable (6)

26 Gala; bazaar (4)

27 Plaintive poem (5)

DOWN

1 Die from the effects of a disease or injury (7) 2 Wed (7)

3 Small sharp knives used in paring fruits or vegetables (7)

4 Small number of (1,3)

5 Loyal, firm and dependable (7) 6 Blockade (7)

12 Blind as a _ (3)

14 Offensive to accepted standards of decency (7)

15 Capital of Cameroon and largest city after port city Douala (7)

16 Kernel ( 3)

17 Contend against for athletic supremacy (7)

18 Increase or expand (7)

19 Natural features of a landscape (7)

22 Past participle of see (4)