WEEKENDPUZZLES
ACROSS 1 and 8 1947 Broadway stage musical by Yip Harburg and Fred Saidy (7,7) and 9 Down Actor who played the title role in 1970s BBC TV series Poldark (5,5) See 1 Across 2001 film drama starring Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet (6) See 16 Across Harriet —, mystery writer creation of Dorothy L Sayers who marries Lord Peter Wimsey (4) Stacy —, 2000 Olympic women’s pole vault gold medallist (7) See 12 Down and 11 The —, 1974 story collection by John Fowles (5,5) Leslie —, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Pygmalion (6) 15th- and 16th-century Spanish guitar-like stringed musical instrument (7) 22 Thomas M —, author of 1965 science fiction novel The Genocides (5) Oil city in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, on the Persian Gulf (7) DOWN 2 Author of novels A Life and Zeno’s Conscience (5,5) 1991 studio album by Queen (8) 4 See 20 Down 5 and 13 English dramatist whose plays include Restoration comedies The Relapse and The Provoked Wife (4,8) 7 8 9 11 13 14 15 16 17 21 23 3
Martin Luther —, US civil rights leader assassinated in 1968 (4) See 7 Across Very dry pale sherry from Spain (10) and 15 Across Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Dallas Buyers Club (5,4) See 5 Down Member of the English political party that opposed the succession to the throne of James, Duke of York (4) Crissy —, star of 1994 film drama Ladybird Ladybird (4) 20 and 4 1952 Western film starring Gary Cooper and Thomas Mitchell (4,4) 6 9 10 12 13 18 19
ACROSS 1 Dead body of an animal (7) Ultimate, last (5) Deliver a speech to (7) Military trainees (6) Motionless (5) Game that ends even (4) Law enacted by legislature (7) Burden (4) Residue or remains (5) Gratify (6) Sink a ship deliberately (7) 22 Wed (5) 7 8 9 11 13 14 15 16 17 21
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DOWN 2 Added or supplementary (10) Sloppy (8) Neither good nor bad (2-2) Prima donna (4) Rescue (4) Throat disease of children (5) Go beyond or overstep a limit (10) Snooker table cloth (5) Dilapidated (8) School test (4) Active and brisk (4) 20 Old wound
mark (4) 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 13 18 19
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record
ACROSS 1 Heavily set down cheap drink (5) Small city for fun (5) Knock a style of music (3) Bury in hinterlands (5) It happened in the Seventies (5) Now employees have to be obliged (3) Tin from Tuscany (3) Beard about organ (3) Voice, for example (3) Festival involving a steer (6) Arrange by type (4) Changes as to fodder (4) Overdue, headless and happy (6) 29 Talk of argon, say (3) 31 Roused about employment (3) Aged fool definitely has it (3) 34 Run off to get receptacle (3) Pair trained student for 30 days (5) Mother and soldier caught in enchantment (5) 38 Level with first woman (3) Baked item from a cheat in the southeast (5) 40 Conceals pelts (5) 5 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 18 21 23 26 32 36 37 39
DOWN 1 Outline is almost exact (6) The French find Virginia hot stuff (4) Cricketer useful in the kitchen (6) Birds on strings? (5) Shopper initially rushed to shop (5) Hope woman has somewhere to sit (3) Forest contains raw materials (4) 2 3 4 5 6 7
Dish is missing when not there (4) Finally doesn’t finish a book (5) Perform in Clacton (3) Devoured more than seven, say (3) 20 About to have nothing but deer (3) 22 Removal
includes eggs (3) 24 Wild road journalist really liked (6) 25 Slides off and moves furtively (6) Toboggan has new thrust (5) 28 Horribly cheat
coach (5) 29 Gasp terribly
at holes (4) 30 Total zero at sport (4) Terribly evil, as it happens (4) Rushed out of France (3) 8 15 17 19 27 33 35
ACROSS 1 Inferior wine (5) 5 Recreation (5) 9 Sharp blow (3) 10 Entomb (5) 11 Occurrence (5) 12 Be indebted to (3) 13 Container (3) 14 Listening
organ (3) 16 Declare (3) 18 End of Lent (6) 21 Organise (4) 23 Grain (4) 26 Delighted (6) 29 Chatter (3) 31 Exploit (3) 32 Elderly (3) 34 Vase (3) 36 Month (5) 37 Sorcery (5) 38 Previous day (3) 39 Tea-time treat (5) 40 Secretes (5)
DOWN 1 Summary (6) 2 Molten rock (4) 3 First batsman (6) 4 Flying toys (5) 5 Stow (5) 6 Church seat (3) 7 Minerals (4) 8 Carrying salver (4) 15 Set of maps (5) 17 Behave (3) 19 Consumed (3) 20 Caviar (3) 22 Egg cells (3) 24 Worshipped (6) 25 Moves sideways (6) 27 Sudden movement (5) 28 Instruct (5) 29 Openings (4) 30 Japanese wrestling (4) Exist (4) Sprinted (3) 33 35
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Record