CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
No16,787 WIN £500
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ACROSS
1 Chide one church screening sci-fi film where fare’s sold (6,6) 8 Catch this in one pot and cook it in another (7) 9 Fellow almost dispersed wreckage at sea (7) 11 As are some suits
— or suites (5-5) 12 Ski everywhere, including this capital city? (4) 14 Change, say, old
intimate friend (5,3) 16 Head after ferret’s
associate (6) 17 Catch sight of mole (3) 19 A large bear put
back game (6) 21 Smarten up flyer
that is about tax (8) 24 Close section of
marine area (4) 25 First half of OT book to get hard, like this pastry item? (6,4) 27 Snake gashed
that woman (7) 28 Calm after first couple
left complaint (7) 29 To succeed, Greek had
meat cooked (4,3,5)
DOWN
1 Upholstery fabric exposed among shoddy stuff (7) 2 Places of worship had scarlet in different positions (10) 3 Each band’s bringing
in new revenue (8) 4 Where injured skater
goes for job? (6) 5 Green jumper’s red top appearing in mist (4) 6 Support cousin distressed about husband (7) 7 Arcade games scupper matches with Lions (4,8) 10 Order a Belfast movie I missed for Easter perhaps (7,5) 13 System for teaching singing loudly in exotic locations (5,3-2) 15 Choose to compete,
ignoring the odds (3) 18 Beginner in youth international at Dingle sadly giving in (8) 20 Old vehicle popular with a musicmaker (7) 22 The world of learning made changes in expert (7) 23 Start to harass reptiles
turning up in burn (6) 26 Injured horse, disheartened, may lose this (4)
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