Crossword
Cryptic
Across
3. imposter seen daily over
part of south africa (9)
8. distinctive air of gold artist
(4)
9. 'Put up with' altered to 'put
up' (9)
10. in a row in the garden,
perhaps (6)
11. Force a politician to drive
back the French (5)
14. Friend returning with the
spanish collar (5)
15. go out with a fruit? (4)
16. The boat Cathy takes out
(5)
18. Boast about clothes (4)
20. regret being outside the
church with a bit of lace (5)
21. duck down! (5)
24. Man returns a book of
poetry (6)
25. Belittle being anti-greed
perhaps (9)
26. said to have regretted
being impolite (4)
27. i tell sage about how to
make laws (9)
Down
1. grace lies about desecration
(9)
2. Happen to upset terrapins
(9)
4. Cover for a gangster (4)
5. discharge from the
chamber, say (5)
6. astounded by a commercial
about a labyrinth (6)
7. Man getting cross after
beer (4)
9. savalas is seen on it (5)
11. Encounter a fashionable
dog (5)
12. Once a slur about criminal
(9)
13. needs ears to write music
(9)
17. Hackneyed like some
ancient rites (5)
19. Coral's swimsuit? (6)
22. Man seen in character
roles (5)
23. nothing more than a lake (4)
24. Leave the extra-terrestrial
on the road (4)
QUICK PUZZLE
Across
3. infancy (9)
8. Heath (4)
9. Make up (9)
10. Toughen (6)
11. Broom (5)
14. gum (5)
15. discourteous (4)
16. support (5)
18. Pip (4)
20. Hell (5)
21. Correct (5)
24. Benefactor (6)
25. Try (9)
26. angry mood (4)
27. victimise (9)
Down
1. disconcert (9)
2. Lad (9)
4. Cure (4)
5. Big (5)
6. Bully (6)
7. vow (4)
9. swoon (5)
11. dull (5)
12. Homicidal (9)
13. Embody (9)
17. Trim (5)
19. sundry (6)
22. devastation (5)
Thursday's solutions
CRYPTIC - Across: 1 dare; 3
Profound; 8 Eons; 9 garroted;
11 shot in the arm; 13 runner;
14 scotch; 17 upholsterers;
20 Monarchs; 21 stub; 22
sidesman; 23 idle.
Down: 1 dressers; 2 run
down; 4 reacts; 5 Farfetched;
6 utter; 7 dodo; 10
sideboards; 12 Chasuble; 15
Treated; 16 asthma; 18 Pined;
19 amps.
QUICK - Across: 1 Cost; 3
Prepared; 8 neat; 9 aversion;
11 Estrangement; 13 streak;
14 stable; 17 indifference; 20
invoices; 21 Magi; 22 relegate;
23 very.
Down: 1 Condense; 2 scatter;
4 ravage; 5 Peremptory; 6
reign; 7 deny; 10 Law-abiding;
12 Temerity; 15 Bondage; 16
Effect; 18 novel; 19 Tier.