YOUR MALLORCA CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. British TV sitcom of the 1960s/70s about the British Home Guard during the Second World War (4,4)

5. Allot, designate (6)

9. Sea fish like a herring, in English the word is used for an adult sardine (8)

10. Long-range shooter who picks off individual targets (6)

12. Gloomy (9)

13. Name of the cathedral in Palma, Mallorca, translated it means “The (bishop’s) See (2,3)

14. Greek hero and Dutch football team! (4)

16. Not in any place (7)

19. Tree that bears cones (7)

21. Defensive structure (4)

24. Hand digit (5)

25. Blamelessness (9)

27. Fix the quantity or price of something (6)

28. Meteorological station in Sa Pobla, Mallorca (2,6)

29. Cease (6)

30. Perennial flowering plant, the Mallorcan variety has arrow-head shaped leaves and five upswept white petals (8) of authority (6)

2. Rub out (6)

3. Hate (5)

4. Mountainside area of Pollensa, Mallorca which includes a fine vineyard (7)

6. Flower with large yellow heads, widely grown in Mallorca where it appreciates the sunshine (9)

7. One who assumes a false character (8)

8. Reared, brought up (8)

11. One of many different varieties of legume, the Spanish dish fabada uses the white one (4)

15. Amazon founder whose sailing yacht Koru is currently based in the Bay of Palma, Mallorca (4,5)

17. Nation to the north of England (8)

18. Formal inquiries, especially into sudden deaths (8)

20. Small, ground-living bird, the Water variety is sedentary in Mallorca and Menorca, but absent from Ibiza (4)

21. Highly imaginative story or film (7)

22. To tell, make known (6)

23. Withhold (6)

26. Move slowly on hands and knees (5)

One letter stands for another. In this sample, A is used for three L’s, X for the two O’s, etc. Single letters, apostrophes, the length and formation of the words are all hints. Each day the code letters are different