CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Solo pop recording passed
across to heartless lady (6-8)
9 Short emotional poem Cyril
composed (5)
10 Resentful about dagger I've
broken (9)
11 It is smoked by brave man in
bed (7)
12 Hiker runs with walker (7)
13 Not a slow way to go without
food (4)
14 English task force to initially
suppress harmful gases (9)
18 Out of gear (9)
20 Laos bombed in addition (4)
22 Reproduction in parcel I
sorted out (7)
25 Renault's unusual gear
position (7)
26 Feline ill-feeling? (9)
27 Stirred paint is unsuitable (5)
28 Dutch general, an outcast, isn't
chuckling at the time (6,8)
Saturday, 20th February, 2021 No. 15,471 by Puzzler Media
DOWN
1 Join leader in league during
season (6)
2 One looking after babe in arms
due for a change (9)
3 Don't welcome New Look
cut (4,3)
4 Cruel man, naive (9)
5 Reign over African river (5)
6 Riddles cracked in games (7)
7 Crossing up and down (5)
8 Speech on modern item of
clothing (7)
15 One's in India or another
place (9)
16 Quick to notice old boy with
worker (9)
17 Director to rub out exterior
buzz (7)
19 Rabble-rousing hasn't started
to be an issue (7)
20 A time of thought is quite
funny (7)
21 Disturbing result from the
province (6)
23 Greek bread is mine, thanks! (5) 24 A nut is in the lead (5)
ACROSS
4 Unnecessary documentation (4) 7 Top peers (5)
9 Acclaim (5)
10 Regulating device (5)
11 High point (4)
12 Floor cover (3)
15 Continuously (2,3,2)
16 Pulsate (5)
17 Sworn in (2,4)
18 Outdated (3,3)
21 Cringe (5)
23 Cable for pulling a vehicle (3-4) 25 Monty ___, TV gardener (3)
26 Gambling token (4)
28 Feeling of uncertainty (5)
30 Delicate in health (5)
31 Brag, crow (5)
32 Irish language (4)
DOWN
1 Bipedal mammal (5)
2 Speed up (an engine) (3)
3 Hatchet (3)
4 Feather scarf (3)
5 Stomach sore (5)
6 Squalid, tatty (4-6)
8 Desert hurricane (9)
9 Chris ___, Virgin Radio
presenter (5) 12 Bike with an engine (10)
13 Mexican stuffed fried pancake (4) 14 In a poor state (2,1,3,3)
19 Anorak's cowl (4)
20 Three-legged seat (5)
22 Neglected children (5)
24 Grace (5)
27 Jacqueline du ___, cellist (3)
28 Short swim (3)
29 Biker's 100mph (3)