The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
8 Tears round river to find
gold, perhaps (8)
9 Sailor, on special date,
calmed down (6)
10 Spots expert about noon (4) 11 A rep shivers in cold
Welsh town (10)
12 I got Albion to perform
a duty (10)
14 Memorandum school
sent around (4)
15 A cork? Several initially
attached to hat (7)
16 Two drinks at upper-class
French country house (7)
20 Mimicked primate by
entrance to deanery (4)
22 Niece slept fitfully – possible
outcome of epidemic (10)
23 Advertisement with ceramic
mole endlessly broadcast (10) 24 Cut metal fasteners back (4) 25 Inclined to love
outbuilding (4-2)
26 One severely criticised about duck put in quarantine (8)
DOWN
1 2 3 Eiger Buy Critical reliable Ashen, from (4) friend remark type such with on a made rep, top racket of by (8) 4 first nervously See book and sign (7) (8) novel – 5 Cross about America and Chinese boat (6) 6 Pull strings to get this to
work (10) 7 Fanatic’s unlikely to laze (6) 13 PM tied me in knots as a hindrance (10) 17 Cherished family object
he left in one room (8) 18 Cunning, I have small
records (8) 19 Eagerly desirin’ something
for a headache (7) 21 In favour of exercises before
runs, right? (6) 22 Standard issue for
churchman (6)
24 Mates capsized in smack (4)
ACROSS
1 Jet-black bird similar
to a rook (7,4)
9 Unsteady (of a
relationship) (2-3)
10 International
understanding (7)
11 Performer (7)
12 Major artery (5)
13 Ultimate minor difficulty (3,5,5) 16 Horse-drawn vehicles (5) 18 Tenth month of the year (7)
20 Spanish wine drink (7) 21 US state north-east of Vermont (5)
22 ___ yourself, find out where you are again (11)
DOWN
2 One of Christ’s twelve
followers (7)
3 Splits, openings (5)
4 Excessively
detailed (4-9)
5 Old sailor’s weapon (7) 6 Holder, possessor (5) 7 Religious seclusion (11)
8 Person who makes articles out of
steel, aluminium etc (11)
14 Company providing cover
against loss (7)
15 Erected again from scratch (7)
17 Chain of mountains (5)
19 Lead astray (5)