CROSSWORD NO 12

ACROSS

1 Cutting up neap in kitchen is a nuisance (4,2,3,4)

10 Sound, if no hesition when

making a mistake (5) 11 Dreaded beer, one it spills

(4,5)

12 Period furniture schedule (9) 13 Lecherous butterfly? (5) 14 Spring tea with men, a riot (7) 16 Good form of art period with

drink (7)

18 Sweetheart about and to put

on the head (7)

20 Lifeless vessel is wooden (7) 22 Treat a vehicle direction badly

(5)

24 Loved a moat in Iran (9) 26 Make conventional lady tell

twisted fibs (9)

27 One will distribute a standard

of excellence (5)

28 Rapid diversification unseats

nation (13)

DOWN

2 Lack of vitality a direction in

mania forms (7)

3 After dusk, horse ordeal (9) 4 Wealthy man has an about turn first (5)

5 Spirited one wears cosy hats (9)

6 There don’t appear to be any dates in the Roman calendar (5)

7 Birds sound as cheeky girl goes to junction and pauses (7) 8 Cab restraints adjustment doesn’t give serious thoughts to things (13)

9 Tell my trained modification is adversely affected (13) 15 Learning hears are you in one

of a series (9)

17 Plant actor in business before

distance (9)

19 Particle in tone up run (7) 21 Reaching this is a leveler (7) 23 Put performer on the books (5) 25 Where the action is point in

the neighbourhood (5)