CROSSWORD

Jeremy Mutch No. 1,442

ACROSS

1 Bound to cross river, worn out

(5)

4 Primate called, taken in by

published article (5-4)

9 Lost a race, struggling to find a

way up (9)

10 A left wing wake-up call (5) 11 Happy with points before start

of year (5)

12 No charge - a free moorage

here (9)

13 Hippy doctor unpopular after

work? (7)

15 Stands, being tense, and bolts

(7)

17 Examine power held by sixfooter (7)

19 Kipper tie (American) (7) 21 Car seat is damaged in flight

(9)

23 Conservative with unidentified

man of the church (5) 24 William Goddard’s rejected

doctrine? (5)

25 Threatening one politician

before the finish (9)

26 Event in which runners get

stick? (5,4)

27 Appears to understand

manuscript (5)

DOWN

1 Nice surprise journalist dealt

with (7)

2 They receive information of

record held by churchmen (9) 3 Waste time seeing two students

within 24 hours (5) 4 Unfashionable actors in

Coventry (7)

5 Fruit that’s mostly tropical,

possibly (7) 6 Exaggerate description of a girl

some fancy (9)

7 Half-a-crown found by sailor

crossing island area? (5) 8 Counts songs (7)

14 Gutted, perhaps and prepared

for cooking (4-5)

16 Thoughtful after former partner

gets to cost a lot (9) 17 Imprisoned right person with

secret information (7) 18 Sinatra worked for a Russian

with power (7)

19 Left Spain to support costly

feature of church (7)

20 Goes back on promise to invest energy in revolutionary greens (7)

22 Treasure found in strange

location (5)

23 Feature of motorway once resolved with success, ultimately (5)