£50 PRIZE CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 The steer wandered into the sycamores and oaks maybe (5) 4 Comedian with Pacino is amusing (7)
8 An unusual coin and urn show Scotland’s heraldry animal (7) 9 Fairground amusements in the Hebrides (5) 10 Melancholy feeling of navy and ultramarine perhaps (5) 11 Badly mowed a field
of grass (6)
14 Soft and comfortable inside the basic US Hyundai (5) 16 Silly Craig has a
banned pub item (5) 18 All lined up single file, arguing and squabbling (2,1,3) 21 Wander from the path perhaps to get a homeless dog or cat (5) 24 Friend returned to the Spanish to get a poppy holder (5) 25 One distant shout is something quite different (1,3,3) 26 Ed poses idiotically in swimming trunks (7)
27 A girl in Strathclyde Uni studied in Edinburgh initially (5)
DOWN
1 Wee Margaret
hugged a ruffian (4) 2 Deb lies about items
that are fit to eat (7) 3 Raining on and off? Yes, it’s why Rose gets fidgety (7) 4 Enoch mainly picked up an ice cream holder (4) 5 Join with another firm? It worried Reg and me (5)
6 In a secret language within the barcode? Devious! (5) 7 The ultimate in fashion, say – what an arguer always wants (4,4)
12 A famous US boxer brought up in the Crail area (3) 13 Vulnerable tendon when ill and covered in aches (8)
15 Keith the charmer finally spots that woman (3)
16 Gets short siestas when the feline dozes (7)
17 Furtive looks partly makes easy-going Lance suspicious (7) 19 One portion of jam, please – that’s quite sufficient (5) 20 Looked lustfully at Del? Go back the other way (5) 22 Choose some glasses for a young girl (4)
23 Sounds like the purchaser of Scots bovine barn (4)
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