CROSSWORDS ETC

1 Cryptic crossword

ACROSS LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Across:

8 Parent, 9 Implicit, 10 Rest, 11 Correspond, 12 Understand, 14 Isle, 15 Plastic, 17 Smother, 19 Lama, 21 Lemon grass, 24 Double bass, 26 Park, 27 Man-eater, 28 Erring.

Down:

1 Paternal, 2 Seethe, 3 Stock-still, 4 Sierra, 5 Apse, 6 Misprint, 7 Signal, 13 Diminished, 16 Shambles, 18 Enshrine, 20 Amoral, 22 Meagre, 23 Report, 25 Eats.

Hot pepper I needed after feverish cold (6)

2 Worry about guitar part (4)

3 Possibly get a gold finish on cake (6)

4 Remain behind for support (4)

5 They may snap new soccer idol (10)

6 Scribbling about Henry leads to squirm

ing (8)

7 Not the time of year for feeling down?

(4,6)

8 Once more bring together disorderly

retinue (7)

14 Quiet allusion proves the better choice

(10)

15 Cleaners discourage males (10)

18 Doctors l eave nothing on disease

spreader (8)

19 Being sick, break a leg – it's against the

law (7)

22 Denmark's first flower club (6)

23 The Spanish have balanced the team

(6)

25 Boy has good tune (4)

26 Taking a drink round river brings a smile

(4)

Apologies, competition has been suspended until further notice. 9 Mostly feel rather strange from now on

(9)

10 Reportedly, man's to get a salary

increase (5)

11 Chance to see river mammal in both

ends of library (7)

12 Understand it will become popular (5,2) 13 I'm given a beating and prevented from

leaving (9)

16 Nitre unusually static (5)

17 Skin specialist removed foreign article

from badly grilled tomatoes (13)

20 City guides, they say (5)

21 Nice reeds arranged for the home (9) 24 Carry out top manager after four leave

(7) 25 Variety of English pebbles (7) 27 Coast round Berkshire town (5) 28 Entering with a strange type of orange

(9)

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