CRYPTIC 320 CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 In Mexico, a blanket a rep out at sea (6)

8 You’re in deep when your mast is broken and there’s a panic (8)

9 A male cat, I see, may become explosive (6)

10 On campus, poetry is all that there is (8)

11 Little brother, you start talking and become very cruel (6)

13 I’ve got you covered – just sing and you’ll get the cane (8)

16 Mister! There are alien destroyers (8)

19 I scare easily when a visit to the dentist is called for (6)

22 A country where they’re big on aural operations (8)

24 They give willingly and point to open doors (6)

25 Storing food that is to be given to angels (8)

26 Shut in with the French detective (6)

DOWN

2 The steroid which holds another compound (5)

3 Allow it to enter and it gets mad (5)

4 In this cult it’s seen as fit to be eaten by man (8)

5 The airs they put on in India! (4) 6 It disturbs me when I see an alien putting the cat out (6)

7 I’ll take no side with such an inventive person! (6)

12 How one rues being a consumer (4)

14 Just in case those bounders fall for you (8)

15 Those Zulu warriors have their eyes on that politician (4)

17 When it comes to horses, one in five shows ease in handling them (6)

18 That game Greek is given the bird (6)

20 The kind of anger one finds in the mountains (5)

21 You’ll regret heading off with that bird! (5)

23 I leave the New Zealander and wander off (4)