CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Boil has festered – put an
end to it (7)
5 The best and the most
delicate (6)
9 Establish a good start in the
tennis match (3,2)
10 Tuna nicer minced?
Doubtful (9)
11 Cabinet makers? (9)
12 Eccentric sort of route (5)
13 European grabs top of cotton
reel (5)
15 Old boy’s term for compulsive
preoccupation (9)
17 Controller organised regal
tour (9)
19 Being about to commence (5) 21 Seated in luxury fabric (5)
22 Being forthright, ditch social
worker (9)
24 He sold ale, unusually, in this
sort of property (9)
25 Door fastener found in stall at
Chepstow (5)
26 Said officer is a bit of a nut (6) 27 Considers sending message
of goodwill (7)
DOWN
1 Undertook Medusa’s
destruction (7)
2 Frequently expressed as a
decimal? (5)
3 In building of semi, fool turns
up a dead end (7)
4 Suitable residence for one who
wants to be near a bank? (9)
5 Concentrate with government department and copper on point (5)
6 On edge over sun damage (7)
7 Setting out to embrace
trainee is astounding (9)
8 Lock up in winter, naturally (6) 14 I rang them about awful
experience (9)
16 Getting more confident about
split, give up (9)
17 Take livestock from Ulster (6)
18 What is needed for travelling
light? (7)
19 Support record arrears of
work (7)
20 Cuts on chest treated (7)
22 Time to wind up the monster (5) 23 Changing rates is a bloomer (5)
ACROSS
1 Custard cream, eg (7) 5 Delicate shade of
brown (5)
8 Marine distress
signal (5)
9 Horse rider’s
foot-support (7)
10 Peers in years (3,5)
11 Before now (4)
13 Corkscrew (6)
15 Home help, usually
from abroad (2,4)
18 Sponsor (4)
19 Arms (8)
22 Old Mongol and Turk
warriors (7)
23 Belly button (5)
24 Place of access (5)
25 Shop’s wire basket on
wheels (7)
DOWN
1 Large horned wild
ox (7)
2 Frighten (5)
3 Far from deserved (8) 4 Disposable hanky (6) 5 Small mistake (4) 6 Ferocious river-fish (7)
7 More than enough (5)
12 Accidentally meet (4,4)
14 Short sample of a piece of writing (7) 16 Members of the monarchy (7)
17 Matching collection of cups and
saucers (3,3)
18 Wash (5)
20 Extended work in prose (5)
21 Near the knuckle (4)