The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
1 Disadvantage being second
to go after tie (8)
5 He’d bandaged member
that’s injured (6)
9 Archbishop, stiffly formal,
dined (7)
10 As said, I’ll tear about (7)
11 Understood quite a lot – wasn’t
hurt or distressed (4,2,4,4)
13 Pay back bruiser getting upset
with me (9)
15 Girl renovated seats (5)
17 Eyesores in street?
That’s right (5)
18 Fashion garment – rough
and ready? (9)
20 Turn a craft round with nobleman inside, he’s shouting the odds (4,10)
24 Caught two boys in Greater
London town (7)
25 British poet has nap
on heather (7)
26 Drink with cast about to
go wrong (6)
27 Animal doctor admits death
thanks to blood feud (8)
DOWN
1 Gull in wind, up-ended (4)
2 I’m noisy at broadcast causing
ill-will (9)
3 Boy’s first to want very dark
colour (5)
4 Charlady may become thinner
after start of counselling (7)
6 A diet’s not working with
counteractive medicine (9)
7 Beginning of Mozart’s operatic
song for Callas (5)
8 Italian poet keeps unusual title
being a dabbler in the arts (10)
10 Released last of birds into
Cornish town (5)
12 Supports masses, demonstrating
basic realities (5,5)
14 Spectator to get up in
tumbledown byre (9)
16 Marine biologist, say, in tests
spread round Channel Islands (9) 18 Drink with chap, entertaining
company (5)
19 Ken, with luck, transformed a
joint (7)
21 Odd heron in French river (5)
22 Domestic animal turns up with
passport, say, unenthusiastic (5) 23 Part of fragrant Indian city (4)
ACROSS
7 Playing a part (6)
8 Take off (packaging) (6) 9 Mix with a spoon (4)
10 French affirmative (3)
11 Drench (4)
12 Soothing (6)
14 Keen on riding (6)
16 Dig out (6)
19 Very quick, musically (6) 21 Dirty froth or foam (4)
23 Undergarment with
straps (3)
24 Panic (4)
25 Cross out (6)
26 Laundry aid (6)
DOWN
1 Reaping implement (6) 2 Row, level (4)
3 Disregard (6)
4 Bavarian city (6)
5 Nocturnal birds (4)
6 Femme ___, seductive
woman (6)
13 Excessively (3) 15 Cereal crop (3)
17 Snooker table trap (6)
18 Small flattish slab (6)
19 Express admiration for (6) 20 Deep sleep-like state (6) 22 Join up (4)
24 Excess body fat (4)