CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
9 Spend less on some eastern
coin perhaps (9)
10 Drink interrupted by year of
mawkishness (5)
11 Proceed with support for
young bird (7)
12 Saint to film relative with
hat (7)
13 For serving spirits to squiffy
ghost and young woman (4,5) 16 One insect leaves very smart
fish (5)
17 Writer to run off to Scottish
town with actress (8,5)
20 Wash club with helium (5)
21 Terence to cook piece of
steak (9)
24 Wayward, wayward Cartier (7) 25 Cover celebrity in brown stuff
and yellow stuff (7)
27 Drove without regarding
horse (5)
28 Series run around
kindergartens (9)
DOWN
1 Governs showers, we hear (6) 2 Person in charge of part of
combo’s session (4)
3 Sport expanding, though not
originally (6)
4 Knowingly included limb (4)
5 Tenacious priest sent
abroad (10)
6 See, lambs about to gather (8) 7 Italian ham in cup, with risotto
prepared (10)
8 Spy endlessly has fish on
glittering plate (7)
14 Toppled or ventured
abroad (10)
15 Unemployment benefit
included in rise for youth (10) 18 Regular sea movement late in
the day (8)
19 Old boy adds poem to side of
coin (7)
22 Simpler note, as that is
right (6)
23 First-born steed struggling to
catch lucky leader (6)
25 Doctor about to get extra (4) 26 In the thick of an exam, I
despair somewhat (4)
ACROSS
1 Representative of a group (9) 8 Balthazar, Caspar and Melchior (4)
9 Beat your rivals (3,3,3)
10 Stereo equipment (2-2)
13 Gives temporarily (5)
16 Arctic dwelling (5)
17 Make as one (5)
18 Bacteria (5)
19 West Indian republic, capital
Port-au-prince (5)
20 Protective covering worn in
the kitchen (5)
21 Leonard ___, Hallelujah
singer (5)
24 False alarm (4)
27 Reprisal (9)
28 Fluorescent light gas (4)
29 Building for drying hops (4,5)
DOWN
2 Singing brother of Don
Everly (4)
3 Long-winged raptor (4)
4 Blockade (5)
5 Give, grant (5)
6 US babies’ dummies (9)
7 Maligning (9) 11 Indispensable assistant (5,4)
12 Carnivorous reptile (9)
13 Sound reasoning (5)
14 Direction a compass needle
points to (5)
15 Lazy ___, revolving tray on a table (5) 22 Final Greek letter (5)
23 Number of legs on an arachnid (5)
25 Milk-based pudding (4)
26 Frozen confectionery (4)