The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
1 Sadly, rocks delay
colonists (14)
9 A ring forming a coral
reef (5)
10 Ten boats I scuppered,
being stubborn (9)
11 Little child sheltering close at hand this evening (7)
12 Screen ruined Reynolds’
third landscape (7)
13 British plug and nail (4)
14 Confine prisoners on
transport (9)
18 Game poets taking in sick
one (9)
20 Swallow part of bottle (4) 22 Endorse company
following swindle (7)
25 Al’s away from Oz
country (7)
26 The gin ran out, almost a
disaster (4,5)
27 In France, John has small
trousers (5)
28 Scales in here for
unofficial advisers (7,7)
No. 15,674
DOWN
1 Draws up gusts of wind, audibly (6) 2 Nurse and cold reformed
villain (9)
3 Duty-bound to cook boiled starter
of greens (7)
4 Sort scrap out to get a stylish
vehicle (6,3)
5 Tips toward shopping aids? (5)
6 Spear disturbed dirt on net
somehow (7)
7 The French hail and farewell (5)
8 Destroy Nigel by rejecting as
false (7)
15 Unhappily coasting round lake,
homesick (9)
16 Find out when definite (9)
17 Peep back to emotional
display – disgusting (7)
19 I would myself twitch about love,
which is daft (7)
20 Jo’s bone is broken in plastic
surgery (4,3)
21 Fool enters to lay money on
dog (6)
23 In Ghana a fine canteen service
(inits) (5)
24 Locks one in state (5)
Fullarton Drive, Glasgow East Investment Park, Glasgow G32 8FG. Printed at 125 Fullerton Drive, Glasgow G32 8FG
ACROSS
1 ___ jelly, accompaniment to turkey (10)
8 Hurrah! (5)
9 Foot ailment (7)
10 Porridge ingredient (7) 11 Distance across (5)
12 Modern vocalist (3,6) 15 Bring back (5)
17 Wrestling match (7)
19 Meet by chance (3,4) 20 Person who gives
blood (5)
21 Extreme disgust (10)
DOWN
2 Honour highly (5)
3 Zoomed-in
photograph (5-2)
4 Entrance that
turns (9,4)
5 Shaft shot from a
bow (5)
6 Noise heard after
lightning (7)
7 Clean with soap and
water (4)
8 Engage in advance (4)
12 Flower often seen in hanging
baskets (7)
13 Senior politician (7)
14 Titled man (4)
15 Resolute (4)
16 Intuitive feeling (5)
18 Loss of self-possession (5)