The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
1 Rabble return before slob’s paid
off for defusing work (4,8)
8 Creature to march and charge
endlessly (6)
9 One expense high up (8)
10 Hostile to paper contrast (10)
11 Spoils the planet (4)
12 More revolting gruel I
prepared (6)
14 Remaining double after another
rise (8)
16 Ornate shrines round top of
cathedral, showing opulence (8) 19 Label inside the Spanish coat (6) 21 Animal entering most
aggressively (4)
22 Deign to let the prisoner go
down (10)
24 Non‑amateur to pass
conventions (8)
25 One sliding on ice is fish,
right? (6)
26 Be quick to skip a payment
again (4,2,6)
DOWN
1 Some lamb, raw, needs muscle (5)
2 Boy needs one drink (7)
3 Old penny is price for release (9) 4 Corrupt son involved in games
curtailed fund (7)
5 Deliveries of love poetry,
mostly (5)
6 Humbled by tree above a sea (7) 7 Like a poet with incredible
aura – elite, not I! (8)
13 Try gel, it could be sparkly (8)
15 Novelist destroyed sonnets
about wartime victory (9)
17 Late afternoon meal
I hate thrown around good hospital (4,3)
18 One‑time garment (7)
20 Sun god lifted brace to bright
light (3,4)
22 Place to hide money, it’s said (5) 23 Wanting river to rise in
New York (5)
ACROSS
1 Spot (6)
4 Be too clever for (6)
9 Mamma ___!,
musical film (3)
10 Arrest for a crime (9)
11 As before (5)
12 In public (7)
14 Having a low‑cut collar (5‑6)
17 Come to fruition (7) 18 Sporting failure (5) 20 Dwelling‑place (9)
22 Some (3)
23 Track for storing trains (6) 24 Wait on (6)
DOWN
1 Itinerant peoples (6)
2 Distinguishing feature (5) 3 Noisy (9)
5 Put into service (3)
6 Encircle (7)
7 Toy bear (5)
8 Business date (11)
13 Good in a high degree (9) 15 Went over (the road) (7) 16 Tattered (6)
17 Scottish poet 1759‑96 (5) 19 Trap, enmesh (5)
21 Lion’s pit (3)
ACROSS
1 Former spouse got in touch, having been expelled from the church (14)
9 Outlaw aluminium; it’s dull! (5)
10 Run down rating struggling in
the river (9)
11 Resentment managed where
justice unfinished (7)
12 Royal Engineers said to
go free (7)
13 Region in Australia? Really! (4)
14 Flower, that is, with insect
in row (9)
18 Tardy mail redirected to navy
board (9)
20 Make tea in sombre way (4)
22 Observes broken ice – tons! (7) 25 Al leaves Down Under for
another country (7)
26 Launch tipped out deer
and sank (9)
27 A small section produces
expert (5)
28 Follow member of the clergy and
opposition politician (6,8)
DOWN
1 Set off me, turn and shout (6)
2 Trick German, and with
strange riddle (9)
3 Country where you hear furry
growth on eggs (7)
4 Below the surface, left car
coat (9)
5 Underlying target area (5)
6 Moving along behind a neutral
from Africa (7)
7 Avoid English boy that’s turned
up (5)
8 Esteemed member of the clergy
returning in a rush (7)
15 Placed ideally in conifer (9)
16 I approach home with serious
intentions (2,7)
17 Fig many set out to blow up! (7) 19 Went in front, lost head, drew
back (7)
20 Rice, graduate’s mother wants
it back (7)
21 Tethering rope hard to change (6) 23 Tango that hurt a bit? (5)
24 Raise growths with hollow
tube (5)
ACROSS
1 Talks boastfully (5)
4 Betting term (4-2)
10 Burdens excessively (9) 11 Equip with sails (3)
12 Arrange again (5)
13 ___ Ash, TV actress (6) 14 Fool, deceive (6,5)
18 Yacht-mooring basin (6) 20 Bet or lay a bet (5)
23 Mischievous child (3)
24 Partner, spouse (5,4)
25 Artificial (smile) (6)
26 Best conceivable,
perfect (5)
DOWN
2 Coral formations (5)
3 Monica ___, TV chef (7) 5 Writing tables (5)
6 Language of the
Balkans (7)
7 Forbidden (2,2)
8 Visits various places (5)
9 Decorative writing (11)
15 Flatten (7)
16 Lessened (7)
17 Heap of snow (5)
19 Golf clubs (5)
21 Tropical pear-shaped fruit (5) 22 Flat round plate (4)