CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Awful sitcom's her loss as
teacher (14)
9 Mabel struggling to walk
leisurely (5)
10 Swimmer's ginger
haircut? (3,6)
11 Help! I ran hastily from
clutches of fish (7)
12 Eastern fellow devoured
issue (7)
13 City map is advertised
within (4)
14 Distributing coils round home,
a doctor in disarray (9)
18 Like a mobile worker's
release (5-4)
20 Embrace European giant (4) 22 Noisy shaving is ringing a
bell (7)
25 In serious difficulty fixing
roof-end (4,3)
26 Bound closely to drunken
noisy fool (5-4)
27 Some channelled rainwater
here! (5)
28 Lee built lining strangely – can't understand it! (14)
DOWN
1 Fish dish – the rascal wants
one (6)
2 Irish club in Scotland (9)
3 South Pacific islands seen
from a canoe I upset (7)
4 Diver splitting German's
hesitation (9)
5 Fifty in team inch along (5)
6 Background talk of stalks (7) 7 Saucy dance (5)
8 Extend prison term (7)
15 Locate and destroy,
according to gossip (9)
16 Blame golf for spoiling meat
joint (3,2,4)
17 Bread man swallowed,
unfinished one (7)
19 Struck with end of his
glove (7)
20 Put up with setter, say, having a dejected appearance (7)
21 Quietly managed church
dance (6)
23 Element giving awful
groan (5)
24 Bottled spirit? (5)
ACROSS
3 Shiny mac fabric (inits) (3) 7 Old currency unit, worth
£1.05 (6)
8 Carter's successor as US
president (6)
9 Administration of
tranquilliser (8)
10 Fool (4)
11 Light meals (6)
12 Humorous TV series (6)
15 Bring to a conclusion (4,2) 18 Principles (6)
20 Female sheep (4)
22 Trivial (8)
23 Willingly (6)
24 Larva, grub (6)
25 Whichever is to hand (3)
DOWN
1 Serving dish for soup (6) 2 Improved, heightened (8) 3 Concreted areas of
gardens (6)
4 Starts (an engine) with a
handle (6)
5 Float through the air (4)
6 ___ ‘Royale’, Bond film
starring Daniel Craig (6) 11 Sty female (3)
13 Study of religion (8)
14 ___ ‘Doubtfire’, Robin Williams
film (3)
16 Private (6)
17 Large exotic green-skinned fruit (6) 18 Dishonour, notoriety (6)
19 England's capital (6)
21 Fat used to make boiled puddings (4)