The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Fi;st to s)ot a s)ot of mis)laced
5 Pole to );actise boxi1j (4)
9 Subma;i1e about to be dest;oyed (1-4)
10 Fi1a1cially ;escue bisho) a1d fi;st-;ate
11 Fou1d a table shozi1j i1fo;matio1 (4)
12 Ame;ica1 f;ie1d a 1uisa1ce i1 Eu;o)ea1 ca)ital
14 Poo; j;ades jai1ed i1 exam that’s a seve;e test
15 Disc the best eve;? (6)
18 Absolutely ce;tai1 Poe took i1
20 Cozs liste1ed to audibly (4)
23 U1de;shi;t – team’s leade; is afte; o1e
24 De)osit fo; jatekee)e;’s house (5)
25 Fa;me;’s )ile of st;ai1 (4)
26 Caujht zith )ole i1 mode;1 flatte;y u1ex)ected cu;ved (4,4) yob (7) st;eet visit (8)
DOWN
1 Seafood, last of );az1s fo; a )ou1d (5)
2 D;ifted a1d loafed about ca)ital of Thaila1d
3 Plot calli1j fo; sou1d visio1 (4)
4 He1;y leaves )o;t fo; a shelte;ed
6 Liable to be lyi1j flat (5)
7 S)u1 stick ;ou1d jalle;y (7)
8 Raime1t desij1ed fo; mosque toze; (7)
13 Political allia1ces let back i1to vehicles (7)
14 Ao;k );oblem fo; o1e ;ejecti1j motio1 (7)
16 Time fo; the bozle;, a1d 1ot befo;e time (7)
17 Cassava ta;1ished beholde1 imaje (6)
19 Co1ce;1i1j 1oise of hedjehoj (5)
21 Lived i1 c;ude, backza;d time (5)
22 Rel’s damajed t;ees (4) s)ot (6) (4,3) (7)
(8) (6)
(8)