The Herald on Sunday crosswords
ACROSS
1 The glamming up of sweetheart if citation founders (14) 9 Frequently decimal? (5) 10 Objectionable to be rising up against authority (9) 11 Double-cross twice almost (3-4) 12 Sprawling hamlet surrounding river gets warm air current (7) 13 Hat on top of each coat (4) 14 Convey coaches without one drink (9) 18 Hives off double ‘air cut (9) 20 Quiet push for buggy (4) 22 A vanquished leader during route finding hard work (7) 25 Girl in a state (7) 26 Discharges from Eastern embassies (9) 27 Record some recent errors (5) 28 Scales in here for unofficial advisers (7,7)
DOWN
1 First to beat game of chance gets
drunk (6)
2 A nut roast cooked for spaceman (9)
3 Cornish pit container belongs to
me (3,4)
4 Circus performer to dismiss festival
lacking opening speaker (4-5)
5 Animal I’ve trapped in small court (5) 6 Bank staff who give away secrets? (7) 7 Strong dislike of piano off stage (5)
8 Silver one illuminated your opening
section at Crufts (7)
15 Painkiller for poor gal, in case (9)
16 Argonaut’s alternative name for
animal (5-4)
17 He takes stock of others (7)
19 Group, one hundred of the highest
merit (7)
20 Dog restricted by lead, it’s said
wisely? (7)
21 Go off after wagon to get a
vegetable (6)
23 Bail out with one legal defence (5)
24 Improvised solo, key not fixed (5)
ACROSS
Sunday, 20th June, 2021 1 Soul, spirit (6)
5 Abdominal crunches, eg (3-3)
8 Consisting of two parts (4)
9 Declamation, oratory (8)
10 Island where Gauguin painted (6)
11 Subordinate (6)
12 Phases of being (4)
14 Yak, witter on (3)
15 Free from harm (4)
16 Ranked, sorted (6)
18 Political exile (6)
20 Repeat of a recorded performance (8) 22 Iranian currency unit (4)
23 Knack (6)
24 River’s fast-flowing waters (6)
DOWN
2 Finnish steam bath (5) 3 Centigrade (7) 4 Listened in (9) 5 View, look at (3) 6 Plant barb (5) 7 Form twosomes (4,3) 11 Person looking for a post (9) 13 Large ape (7) 15 Rider’s foot-support (7) 17 Conan ___, Sherlock Holmes’ creator (5) 19 ___ Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory author (5) 21 Insect famous for its industry (3)