Cryptic crossword

Published on Friday 3 July 2009 19:06

Saturday's puzzle

ACROSS

1 Curently carried they give signs of future developments (6,2,3,4)

9 Soldier in the Spanish police department (2,3)

10 Two with medico arranging book size (9)

11 Captain did not start fish (6)

12 Skeletal part of replacement bin that radiated round (8)

14 Open out negative that's emphatic (4)

15 Spectacular article with hat removed (10)

18 Not a spineless creature (10)

19 Initially one cannot have more than one vote with this (4)

21 Position for filming? (8)

23 Block up part of main filler-cap (6)

25 Edward, behind yacht basin, was pickled (9)

26 and 27 When impulsive people are stimulated (2,3,4,2,3,6)

DOWN

1 Talking books? (8,7)

2 Paddy's writing material? (9)

3 Wife and I would obtain gadget (6)

4 Car racing in outskirts of Derby (4)

5 The Yorkshire osteopath manoeuvring dentifrice (10)

6 Lady East has thin raw material (8)

7 Jones announcing his entrance (5)

8 Go flat out (2,4,5,4)

13 Trot round with tailless hamster removing temperature device (10)

16 Group stage in parliamentary proceedings (9)

17 Slowing down when dealing with notes (8)

20 Completely enthusiastic about said pair (2,4)

22 Some hypochondriac or fun-lover found on the island (5)

24 Lied about being unoccupied (4)

Friday's solution:

Across: 1 Bathtub, 5 Defacer, 9 Fabian, 10 Sunburn, 11 Existence, 12 Malmo, 13 Sugar, 15 Slaughter, 16 Scrummage, 18 Sepia, 21 Grass, 22 Dolce vita, 24 Espouse, 26 Giraffe, 27 Toyboys, 28 Tiddles.

Down: 1 Buffets, 2 Tabling, 3 Toast, 4 Business address, 5 Desperate plight, 6 Fan, 7 Couplet, 8 Rancour, 12 Magus, 14 Remus, 16 Segment, 17 Reapply, 19 Painful, 20 Awakens, 23 Erred, 25 UFO.