The Herald crosswords
ACROSS
5 Sort of ads that should be
kept secret (10)
7 Musical which may be fair? (4)
10 Boys turning round can cause
nasty gossip (7)
11 Great happiness about toenail (7) 12 They are possessed of sore
devil, apparently (4-5)
14 Plants cold when play
begins? (5)
15 Two languages in grand
treatment of wood (6,9)
18 Unfinished cupboard nearby (5) 20 Dish left in ramshackle
hacienda (9)
22 Involves hospital department,
is unwell (7)
23 Propose dispersing guests
around the Grand (7)
25 Started some sweet (4)
26 Immoral person entered age
incorrectly (10)
DOWN
1 Traipse off holding a leech (8)
2 New dues or second-hand (4)
3 Going back proves a change for
the worse (8)
4 Crazy about circle of cassava (6) 5 Financially sound to replace
office tins etc (4-9)
6 Apprentice hiding in broken
safe? Not true! (5)
8 In charge of contest at ongoing
fight (7,6)
9 They grow from iris scan (8)
13 Almost order said PM, being
doddery (8)
16 Reporters exert force on
fellows (8)
17 Easy raid arranged – quite
likely (1,4,3)
19 Cut Roy badly, resulting in
a shout of disapproval (6)
21 Social class starts to collaborate
and sees the effect (5)
24 Part of a single natural valley (4)
ACROSS
1 Caustic (9)
8 Went on horseback (4)
9 Slightly (9)
10 Irish ___, honey liqueur (4) 13 Little exams (5)
16 Prohibited (5)
17 Higher (5)
18 Rugby scores (5)
19 ___ Radcliffe, ex-runner (5) 20 Royal Berkshire
racecourse (5)
21 Language of Ovid and
Virgil (5)
24 Divine will (4)
27 Stands down from
power (9)
28 Famous school near
Windsor (4)
29 Quivering (9)
DOWN
2 Almost closed (4)
3 Cradles (4)
4 Area outside the Earth (5) 5 Cove (5)
6 Style of aerobics (3-6)
7 Harp on (9) 11 Dazed, bewildered (9) 12 Kidnapping incident (9) 13 Absolute (5) 14 Allowed to overflow (5) 15 Lazy ___, revolving tray (5) 22 Fossilised resin (5) 23 Non-literal phrase (5) 25 Drop to the ground (4) 26 College supervisor (4)