City Times

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

6 Don’t give up hope! Somehow Ireland ends up with money (3,11)

9 Lampoon odd characters in

stern party (4,2)

10 Universal wind complaint

tackled at hospital (8)

11 Contrary work by U.S. author

involving model (8)

13 Sort of flue around middle of

liner, new (6)

15 Small bomb crudely taped

over back of door (6)

17 Fires engulf large bags (6)

19 Depressed, I leave cold house

— what a surprise! (6)

20 Sun screen you brought to Marbella, sadly not Austria (8)

22 Celebritie­s’ joint enterprise?

(8)

24 Everyone mostly disappeare­d outside for a few pints (6)

26 Management isn’t unfortunat­ely held in high regard (14)

DOWN

1 Wild deer put up with land round Ohio with few people around (14)

2 Student given food, housed,

ran away (4)

3 Ambiguous answers here given by group in Philadelph­ia (6)

4 Tense girl, mostly drunk, is

honest (8)

5 ‘In for a penny, in for a pound’

twice traps this dope (4)

7 What snooker players do is

appropriat­e (6)

8 Dive for all? It offers every sort

of turn (9,5)

12 Top posh Dublin politician occupies middle of room (5)

14 In Berlin, I checked corner of

market (5)

16 Non-stop, Rhys and Mitch

played with steady beat (8)

18 Yield was disturbing after

parts were swapped (6)

21 Carry over goods for vagrant

(6)

23 Storytelle­r raised bar (4)

25 Boy pinched current set (4)

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