The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
9 Criminal tennis player? (9) 10 Ring in some sort of elk (5) 11 States a Frenchman had a
rice pudding (7)
12 Dwell with one street
musician (7)
13 Youth’s vegetarian
periods? (5,4)
16 Flower starts to take up
leaves inside petals (5)
17 Army officer Colonel PA
Carr, dishevelled (5,8)
20 West associated with this
unusual card game (5)
21 Sheep counter at home with
Monica’s novel (9)
24 Sharp-featured model
Laura, no good inside (7)
25 Case of cutlery, and its
location? (7)
27 Cut up manuscript for
tests (5)
28 Relatives, surprisingly
talented (9)
Wednesday, 1st September, 2021
DOWN
Visions about breaching barriers (6)
Preacher’s inner yearning (4) Refused stranger indeed (6) Cheese in cafe, tagged (4) Trash score badly written by groups of musicians (10) A horse taking leader to drink (8)
7 Portrait painter, one loading
shakily in motorway (10)
8 Predate crazy
bureaucracy (3,4)
14 Organising England, am I the
most important player? (7,3) 15 Surround at home, chief
island tour cut (10)
18 Crystal sword containing gold
initially (3,5)
19 Someone suffering the heat
finds winter garment! (7)
22 Guide is not automatic (6)
23 Grant study evergreen tree,
we hear (6)
25 In vehicle, the last to exercise No. 15,678
caution (4)
26 Boy disheartened by lake (4) 1
2 3 4 5
6
ACROSS
1 Great revival period in
history (11)
9 List of people who can
vote (9,4)
10 Desire, aspiration (8)
12 Brink (4)
14 Digging tool (5)
15 Another name for the jack
in a pack of cards (5)
19 Aslan in CS Lewis’ Narnia
tales (4)
20 Instance of citing (8)
22 Kentucky-style (chicken),
eg (8-5)
24 Featuring a number of
famous people (4-7)
DOWN
2 Devon river (3)
3 Height above sea
level (8)
4 Pulpit speech (6)
5 ___ Lang Syne, New
Year song (4)
6 Become dull and
gloomy (weather) (5,4) 7 Large coniferous tree (5)
8 Vary (5)
11 Secondary result (2-7)
13 Suffering from malnutrition (8) 16 Brooch fastener (5)
17 Weasel-like mammal (6)
18 Escape (5)
21 Singe (4)
23 Drinks cooler (3)