CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Here’s worst food served up
at Robin Hood’s hideout (8,6) 9 Hear Roman forty do really
well (5)
10 Ace antique I smashed from
French region (9)
11 Measure dog hair needing a
trim? (7)
12 Spend out on large outside
plant (7)
13 Mould a group of actors (4) 14 Gear a soldier craftily puts
about (9)
18 Pine, perhaps, being always
naive (9)
20 It may fall right in sink (4)
22 Surprise with a noise when
holding end of foot (7)
25 Person with special information in the drink, we hear (7)
26 Media star, craftily, to
produce for the stage (9)
27 A long limb creates panic (5) 28 Roughly seek rye product for
operation (7,7)
DOWN
1 Give directions to uppish opponent loudly and chase away (3,3)
2 Censure actor I threw in river (9)
3 Circulate law to UK and leave
suddenly (4,3)
4 A grade one blended fizzy drink (9) 5 Outlets for various fuels (5)
6 Snake in old coach (7)
7 Sportsperson putting final fixture
in jeopardy, unfortunately (5)
8 Let out, or let out again? (7)
15 Writer on African river steamship,
skint (9)
16 Mixing dirt with earth, poor
quality (5-4)
17 With girl outside to open gallery (7) 19 From Slough, a rich stew (7)
20 Is padre about to give up hope? (7) 21 Weight on my award (6)
23 Track down the first running
event (5)
24 Exercise yard’s backing onto
stream (5)
ACROSS
3 Breed of rabbit (3)
7 Moonlight ___,
Beethoven piece (6)
8 Ask for an umpire’s
decision (6)
9 Someone active in the hours
of darkness (5,3)
10 Sect (4)
11 Friendly or harmless (6)
12 Growing old (6)
15 Insist upon having (6)
18 Acutely (6)
20 ___ turismo,
high-performance car (4)
22 Gender-equality
movement (8)
23 Blame (6)
24 Irritate, vex (6)
25 18th-century gambling card
game (3)
DOWN
1 Close-fitting upper part of a
woman’s dress (6)
2 Long cashmere scarf (8)
3 Shallow inland sea (6)
4 Rice dish with chicken and
vegetables (6) 5 Long heroic tale (4)
6 Visit, drop by (4,2)
11 Immature leaf (3)
13 Time everlasting (8)
14 ___ Mannering, Sir Walter Scott novel (3) 16 Embellish (6)
17 Coat with a hood and toggles (6)
18 Japanese gown (6)
19 Finally (6)
21 Word used as the name of something (4)