TRICKY crossword!

LAST WEEK’S TRICKY CROSSWORD ANSWERS ACROSS 1 Spaniards 5 Seats 8 Rooms 9 Reasons 10 Possession 12 Were 15 Toy 16 Shelled 17 Ribbons 19 Pad 20 Wall 22 Protractor 26 Realise 27 Terms 28 Scene 29 Surprises DOWN Syrup 2 Atoms 3 Inspection 4 Serious 5 Snap 6 Arose 7 Suspended 11 Spy 13 Headmaster 14 Fireworks 18 Streets 19 Pit 21 Leave 23 Turns 24 Rises 25 Hide

across

1 his stable design and set up (9) 5 awkwardly hop to get the picture? (5) 8 track down with suspicion (5) 9 take over another’s duty to ease the tension (7) 10 tut! open-air activity leads to notoriety (10) 12 conceited holder of vital fluid, we hear (4) 15 cricket side supporter (3) 16 bringing up with a ring is complicated (7) 17 Was not in favour, so sat after work briefly (7) 19 pastry is english initially. this

could be the result! (3) 20 table in the hall is too tall! (4) 22 these help us to reach

different levels in life (10) 26 Right use of english from leaders in good rhetoric and most modern art rules (7) 27 Wedding in a workers’ group

(5) 28 apply therapy as a pleasant

surprise (5) 29 highly, but not in a middle-ofthe-road way! (9)

down

1 go in and put your name down (5) 2 Vagrant getting quiet after seeing public vehicle (5) 3 dead or just gasping for air? (10) 4 Shelter for a time holding item of underwear up (7) 5 european staff? (4) 6 a rope trick, or another form of entertainment (5) 7 it’s another thing after some cricket until the morning! (9) 11 label for sending back a gun (3) 13 Somehow lure with odd attire, books, etc. (10) 14 Romantic setting not much favoured by smugglers (9) 18 be worthy of French bad verse (7) 19 Wild ape. one in a pod? (3) 21 Rattle an arab leader reportedly (5) 23 members of interpol, i venture,

find fruit (5) 24 initially strong and young

description of fine beaches (5) 25 leave out some bathroom

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