CRYPTIC CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS
FUNDAY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5 QUICKSTART
ACROSS: 7 Cargo; 8 Precise; 9 Incense; 10 Usurp; 12 Astrologer; 15 Truculence; 18 Lying; 19 Complex; 21 Courser; 22 Stern. DOWN: 1 Accidental; 2 Price; 3 Boon; 4 Appear; 5 Republic; 6 Divulge; 11 Perplexing; 13 Sluggish; 14 Furious; 16 Escort; 17 Sleep; 20 Muse.
CODEBREAKER
1=N, 2=E, 3=L, 4=W, 5=J, 6=K, 7=R, 8=F, 9=Z, 10=Y, 11=H, 12=V, 13=M, 14=I, 15=D, 16=U, 17=B, 18=G, 19=A, 20=C, 21=O, 22=X, 23=Q, 24=P, 25=T, 26=S.
WORDWHEEL DREAMBOAT 30-SEC BRAIN TEASER 18, 127, 282
GK CROSSWORD
ACROSS: 1 Trask; 4 Traffic; 8 El Aaiun; 9 Garda; 10 Onyx; 11 Mel Torme; 13 Axle; 14 Corn; 16 Alsatian; 17 Cher; 20 Tenor; 21 Dionyza; 22 Falange; 23 Field. DOWN: 1 The Portrait Of; 2 A Lady; 3 Keir; 4 Tunney; 5 Angstrom; 6 Fortran; 7 Chateaubriand; 12 Flatiron; 13 Arsenal; 15 Hardie; 18 Hoyle; 19 Golf.
ACROSS: 7 Vault; 8 Sealant; 9 Ravioli; 10 Grief; 12 Impersonal; 15 In stitches; 18 Grout; 19 General; 21 Retsina; 22 Ernie. DOWN: 1 Overtaking; 2 Suave; 3 Otto; 4 Aspire; 5 Largesse; 6 Valiant; 11 Fall asleep; 13 Maintain; 14 Escorts; 16 Cognac; 17 Crank; 20 Noel.
CLOCKWORD
1 Rubble, 2 Ornate, 3 Bookie, 4 Evolve, 5 Rotate, 6 Topple (or Tumble), 7 Denote, 8 Obtuse, 9 Woggle, 10 Nibble, 11 Equine, 12 Yankee. Robert Downey
NINER
PREACHING
THE BIG ONE
ACROSS: 1 Highland fling, 8 Chambermaid, 14 Usurps, 16 Pennon, 17 Locum, 18 Pisa, 19 Pluto, 21 Recruit, 22 Nest, 23 Diagram, 24 She, 25 Ugly, 26 Kayak/Kaiak, 27 Roughage, 28 Rim, 30 Double, 38 Case, 41 Intelligent, 42 Alternate, 44 Nowhere, 46 Yearly, 47 Munro, 48 Apart from, 49 Showers, 51 Amethyst, 53 Pious, 54 Dodgy, 56 North, 57 Leg, 60 Kookaburra, 62 Brandy snap, 64 Yam, 65 Adieu, 66 Strip, 68 Veins, 71 Domestic, 73 Gravity, 74 Knapsacks, 76 Build, 77 Owners, 78 Octopus, 80 Elevenses, 81 Substantial, 82 Heat, 87 Shabby, 89 Keg, 91 Commerce, 92 Wager, 93 Jump, 95 Lea, 97 Prior to, 98 Iron, 99 Advisor/Adviser, 100 Shape, 102 Oche, 103 Strut, 104 Novice, 105 Rodent, 106 Enlargement, 107 Stanley Baxter. DOWN:2 Innocuous, 3 Linlithgow, 4 Diocese, 5 Launder, 6 Gullet, 7 Punctuation mark, 9 Heptagon, 10 Bradawl, 11 Rasp, 12 Initial, 13 Sport, 15 Study, 20 Loaf, 29 Intent, 31 Billy, 32 Scrum half, 33 Die-hard, 34 Elderly, 35 Undertaker, 36 Carpentry, 37 Detest, 39 Entrap, 40 Decays, 43 Euthanasia, 45 Dray, 50 Combustion, 52 Shut, 55 Disastrous, 58 Godfather, 59 Undo, 61 Immediate, 63 Pick up the pieces, 66 Stamina, 67 Piccolo, 68 Visits, 69 Squash, 70 Agrees, 72 Mine, 75 Strike, 77 Omega, 79 Prima donna, 83 Excessive, 84 Aberdeen, 85 Fashion, 86 Keep, 88 Hormone, 90 Glutton, 91 Cagoule, 93 Joker, 94 Boasts, 96 Aries, 101 Emir.