CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
4 Offer to take the lot (3)
8 Swap for old coins (8)
9 Motive concerning a boy (6) 10 Jump softly with little
weight (6)
11 Turn to me in bank, at a
distance (8)
12 Tool counts, we hear (4)
13 Four voices terribly
noisy (10)
15 Appealing to the highest
authority? (7)
17 Garment maker’s fancy
trinket (7)
21 Rashness or cheek – that’s
about right (10)
23 Entered gym, somewhat
nervous (4)
25 Stood in line, ready to play
snooker, we hear (6,2)
27 Is only troublesome in a
prying way (6)
28 Abandon hot region (6)
29 Wicked person, cruelly reviled, admitting nothing (4-4)
30 Thus far, beast lacks tail (3)
Friday, 30th July, 2021
DOWN
1 Box for doughnuts featured
historic city (6)
2 Court risk on railway (8)
3 Stepped in to produce tender
vine (10)
4 Badger journalist taken in by
fundamental principles (7)
5 Beat doctor, with some
hesitation (4)
6 Repartee from Bert, an
eccentric (6)
7 To be beaten, we hear, in the
French city (8)
12 A footnote about the snake (3)
14 Bit of a hand needed if
learning difficult (10)
16 ‘Strange’, our Edward
whispered (8)
18 See tide’s turning in an area of NE
England (8)
19 Flatfish seen among grayling (3) 20 Cut favourite little piece (7)
22 Use rod dangerously when
provoked (6)
24 Right leaving long balcony for
kitchen on board (6)
26 Tax mostly due on first and last
Tuesday (4)
ACROSS
1 Corrosive substance (4) 4 Spin out (8)
8 Hits (6)
9 Fairy cave (6)
10 Undersized (4)
11 Tiresome (8)
13 (Run) very smoothly
and easily (4,9)
16 In cartoon form (8)
19 Originate (from) (4)
20 Joining of
companies (6)
22 Definitely not! (2,4)
23 One who goes rigidly
by the rules (8)
24 Gentlewoman (4)
DOWN
2 Prior requirement (9)
3 Mislead (7)
4 Basic Italian food (5)
5 Naturally grown (7)
6 Having lots of space (5) 7 Bed with bars
around (3) 12 Woman employed to look after
young children (9)
14 Direct (translation) (7)
15 Melancholy, pensive (7)
17 Wizardry (5)
18 Restaurant customer (5)
21 Consume (3)