CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Prisoner with only one comfort (7) 5 Phrase adapted to describe one
from Nepal (6)
9 Picture puzzle concerning public
transport (5)
10 Rebel rioting in big town is
well-known individual (9)
11 Rejected, having governed too
much? (9)
12 Part of Glastonbury or part of
Birmingham (5)
13 Start of holiday in pleasant
recess (5)
15 Tool to put into action (9)
17 Prudence upset Rose in battle (9) 19 Poe's a mixed-up fable writer (5) 21 Promptly goes back to east for
looped rope (5)
22 Brief collapse can lead to
deficit (9)
24 Type of Western pasta (9)
25 Feature a country (5)
26 Individual human being for each
child (6)
27 Stye is a horrible sight (7)
Tuesday, 23rd February, 2021
No. 15,474 by Puzzler Media
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1 Box containing nothing but funny
picture (7)
2 Toff, the French aristocrat (5)
3 Old boy has to attend to
customers, see? (7)
4 Outdoing former partner in deals,
we hear (9)
5 Therefore cover is not hollow (5)
6 Hug me having returned with
couple (7)
7 Unprofitable lines, stop
production (9)
8 Young bird sounds like a small
seal (6)
14 Caper root, cooked, shared by
group members (9)
16 Regularly go to parties, no
trouble (9)
17 Bring to an end if shin breaks (6) 18 Looks at ferret's tail he trapped
and fumes (7)
19 Object of a newspaper column (7) 20 Attendant, sick inside, to loot (7) 22 Stain spoilt shiny fabric (5)
23 After morning, I travel to Spanish
friend (5)
ACROSS
7 Offhand or informal (6)
8 Encroach, force upon (6) 9 Apple's fibrous centre (4) 10 Contribution exacted by
the state (3)
11 Tribe (4)
12 Enter unlawfully (6)
14 University award (6)
16 Coolness and poise (6) 19 Rent-payer (6)
21 Bustle ineffectually (4)
23 ___ tree, name given to
the eucalyptus (3)
24 Revel (in) (4)
25 Breach (6)
26 Carrying off (6)
DOWN
1 Leave stranded (6)
2 Bare (4)
3 ___ Spirit, Noël Coward
play (6)
4 Suffering from bad luck (6) 5 Heroic poem (4)
6 Landed property (6)
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13 Past (3)
15 Juniper-flavoured spirit (3) 17 Leap about happily (6)
18 Marital crime (6)
19 Salad ingredient (6)
20 Snooping (6)
22 Scoot (4)
24 Cycle (4)