CROSSWORDRogerSquires No. 3,633
ACROSS
1 Put ball into play, capturing
point by deflection ( 6) 4 Being fertile for most of one’s
existence - to 99 ( 8)
9 Head clergyman Noel gets
upset about ( 6) 10 Resignation delivered by fast
mail perhaps ( 8)
12 French port or claret ( 8)
13 A quick grasp of music ( 6) 15 Priestley’s companions
weren’t bad ( 4)
16 Speaker swallows one drink
as a starter ( 10)
19 ‘ Get mean, man!’, ordered
the bosses ( 10)
20 Blue due to a failing to score?
( 4)
23 Note the world shortage ( 6) 25 Smoker in trousers providing
music ( 8)
27 In such a state there’s no
need for alarm ( 8)
28 Show preference for a
penthouse ( 4- 2)
29 He sends abroad for money
( 8)
30 Where the Ark went fast ( 6)
DOWN
1 It may be used defensively or
offensively ( 7)
2 Duck below the quilt ( 9) 3 Depressed area ( 6)
5 Gather about a piano ( 4)
6 You will know when you’ve got
it ( 8)
7 Threatened strike that doesn’t
come off ( 5) 8 Char with mop out clears away
moths ( 7)
11 Wrongly presume it’s the
highest ( 7)
14 A note to finish when these
things are discussed ( 7) 17 Can a beginner operate this
kitchen equipment? ( 3,6) 18 It suffers periodic reversals in
the kitchen ( 3- 5) 19 She may be thanked for safe
delivery ( 7)
21 Look determined, but
defeated ( 4,3)
22 A new paper to be published
( 6)
24 A fabulous writer takes a
retrospective pose ( 5) 26 Personal claim or the result of
staking one ( 4)