Crossword

2991

ACROSS

1 A person who grows grapes (13)

8 Declare categorically (6) 9 Life-supporting component of the air (6)

10 Festive occasion (4) 11 Desolate (5)

12 Fishing net for dragging along deep levels behind special boat (5) 15 Inflammation of the eyelid (4) 16 Behold (3)

17 Taverns (4)

19 A car having a closed body and a closed boot for luggage (5)

20 Well done! (5 )

22 So be it (4) 24 Straightforward (6)

25 Strip (6)

26 Planning of an act beforehand that shows intent to commit that act (13)

DOWN

2 Moment (7)

3 Repeat (6)

4 United Nations Transitional Authority (4) 5 Distressed (8) 6 Identity of sound of words or lines at end of verse (5) 7 Arab leader or head of an Arab tribe, family or village (5)

13 Consisting of various types mixed together (8) 14 Minute (3)

17 Join by tying together the ends of a piece of string (2,1,4)

18 Limitless (2,3,2)

20 A prickly rambling shrub (7) 21 On a line at right angles to the length of a ship or aircraft (5)

23 Change or correction made as a result of editing (4)