CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Right to sharpen the banker (5) 4 Winning trees at the junction (5) 9 Capitol building leading to the deceptively obvious? (7,8)
10 Equipment’s embracing 10 for
little creatures (7)
11 Books greeting for tragic
hero (7)
12 Pull away from the East! (3)
13 Tense over sun’s
destruction (7)
15 Chair let out for Cranes’
home (7)
16 Last longer than university
water treatment (7)
19 Mines are 4 for Penelope (7)
21 Song of America, I recall (3)
22 Tomorrow’s little child has a shiver .... (7)
23 .... and little child has a ruler’s offspring (7)
25 Pear variety might bleat about
discussions here? (10,5)
26 Poser unravelled climbing
gear (5)
27 Loves to work out the
answer (5)
DOWN
1 It’s a muscle, either way (7)
2 8 is, as expected (2,3) 3 Joins up with tawdry tinsel for Santa’s head (7)
4 Men knock down with cries of pain (7)
5 Imprecise actors on the surface (9)
6 Journey allowed for 1 of 3 (7)
7 Verbally encourage monarch to leave rink? One has reservations (7,6) 8 Early poker’s on the move for John Higgins (7,6)
14 Take excessive retirement! (9)
17 Not as heavy as the king absorbing the pub (7) 18 Aliens lose paragon’s club (7)
19 Regal 4 make pincers move (7)
20 It’s valid that half a score have the capacity (7) 24 Obese boy is deadly (5)
ACROSS
1 Take a break (7) 5 Shed tears (4) 8 Narrow lane (5) 9 Oscillate (7)
11 Hidden microphones (4) 12 Stealthily, secretively (2,3,3) 15 Grant (money) (5) 16 Oneness (5) 19 Opening (8)
21 Ink stain (4)
23 Young pride member (4,3)
25 Court process (5) 26 Seaside shellfish (4) 27 Weight-watcher (7)
DOWN
2 Application (9)
3 Striped agate (4) 4 Wandering (6)
5 Major armed conflict (3) 6 Heap praise on (5)
7 Latin American dance (5)
10 At the back (6)
13 Orbiting communications device (9) 14 Lyrical (6)
17 Pertaining to native groups (6) 18 Fashion (5)
20 Deputy head of a monastery (5)
22 Unit of matter containing a nucleus and electrons (4)
24 Crux (3)