CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1
Release, hand over broken cane (11)
9 Wimp takes advantage of
operation (7)
10 Banned sort of beard (7)
11 Telling untruths unknown in
fish (5)
12 Dirty room prepared for
communal sleeping-area (9)
13 Plant I landed on, crashing (9) 15 Girl to assist, mostly,
in French (5)
17 The thank-you letter (5)
19 Remand lad, unusually,
in ideal world (9)
22 Plant dairy product next
to the vessel (9)
25 Interrogate cook (5)
26 Sound kitchen utensil
is bigger (7)
27 I interrupt meek non-jewish
person (7)
28 Primitive Mary I turned out (11)
DOWN
1 Daughter joins union for bit
of flirting (9)
2 Pasta will hang down in the
middle of the road! (7)
3 Insipid diva gets confused
about piano (5)
4 Recommendation of judge
embracing new century (9)
5 No wealthy wife entered
county town (7)
6 Muse during the opera
tonight (5)
7 Walked slowly and risked
losing head (6)
8 Some had taken Yankee for
an East African (6)
14 Impropriety, maybe
I’m crude? No (9)
16 Handicap left one with strength (9) 17 In addition, catch inside
Caribbean island (6)
18 Declare Ted turned away (7)
20 Name-tag changing colour (7)
21 Researched legal document
about luncheon voucher (6)
23 Belonging to those people,
the taxmen (5)
24 Druid, for example,
opening up article (5)
ACROSS
7 Conclusion (6)
8 Rowdy, uncontrollable (6) 9 Elephant’s long tooth (4) 10 Light sleep (3)
11 Wild hog (4)
12 Beverage sachet (3,3) 14 Distended, swollen (6) 16 Far-off (6)
19 Aggressive, dangerous (6) 21 Void, invalid (4)
23 Debt note (inits) (3)
24 Trudge through water (4) 25 Beast, creature (6)
26 Clans (6)
DOWN
1 Hurt (6)
2 Movement of one eyelid (4)
3 Christmas drink (3-3)
4 Quantity produced (6)
5 Dowdy, lacklustre (4)
6 Chemical opposite of
an acid (6)
13 Shout of displeasure (3) 15 Feel remorse for (3) 17 To do with horses (6)
18 OK to consume (6)
19 ___ of July, American
Independence Day (6)
20 Club or heavy staff (6)
22 Artificial light source (4)
24 Long high-pitched cry of grief (4)