GENERAL CROSSWORD

Across

1. Profundity (5)

4. Walks cockily (6) 7. Slippery fish (3) 8. Madman (6)

9. Ruined (6)

10. Betting odds at the off (8,5) 14. Black wood (5)

15. Put off for a while (5) 18. Red Jack (cards) (5,2,6) 23. Go without nourishment (6) 24. Mistakes printed in book (6) 25. Health resort (3) 26. Swiss house (6)

27. Tall building (5)

Down

1. Handed out cards (5) 2. Earlier (5)

3. Fevered (6)

4. Soft mud (6)

5. Jockey (5) 6. Pick-me-up (5) 10. Porterhouse, rump, fillet etc (5) 11. Fragrance (5)

12. Gather from what’s said (5) 13. Deservedly gets (5) 16. Be troublesome, vex, annoy (6) 17. Menace (6) 19. Indentation (5)

20. Type of infection (5) 21. Indicator (5) 22. Academic coach (5)