CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Just the girl for an
excursion (5)
8 Make little of (8)
9 Notes about masonry (5) 10 Late item for the press (8) 11 She gives a direction to
the printer to erase (5)
12 Ready for collection (3) 16 Hit a pole with a
goods vehicle (6)
17 Unwilling to make up
a piece of poetry (6)
18 Change direction in a
different way (3)
23 Chance of a rest (5)
24 They make a quiet approach, putting a point to lecturers (8)
25 Morning custom which
can cause laughter (5)
26 Being challenged he has
a second helping (8)
27 Girl has love in her
heart for another (5)
DOWN
2 It’s taken as a medicine;
not a diet properly (8)
3 Lion and mule collapsed
on the floor (8)
4 Gloomy doctor put in
a sensitive spot (6)
5 Make staid entrances (5) 6 Insert in a song (5)
7 How an old journalist
reportedly looks (5)
12 Hit a ball right up.
Heavens! (3)
13 Some get a white marble
to play with (3)
14 Bank go-between? (8)
15 He kills a couple of
fools in the end (8)
19 Stop in the name
of the law (6)
20 A word in one’s ear
from aides (5)
21 Part of the roof often
dropped (5)
22 A frame of mind? (5)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Short pleasure trip (5)
8 Emperor of Japan 1926-89 (8) 9 Knack (5)
10 Noticeably superior to (3,5)
11 Bright with colour (5)
12 After all deductions (3)
16 Capital of Turkey (6)
17 Equal (2,1,3)
18 Purchase (3)
23 Wild card (5)
24 Abreast of the times (2,2,4) 25 Snake poison (5)
26 Tyrannical Roman emperor (8) 27 Continuously (2,3)
DOWN
2 Overbearing (8)
3 Tsar of Russia 1894-1917 (8)
4 Very small (6)
5 Achieve much (2,3)
6 Less important (5)
7 Miserable dwelling (5)
12 To catch (3)
13 To trifle (3)
14 Emperor of France 1804-15 (8) 15 West African republic (8)
19 Too much to be measured (6) 20 Intuitive feeling (5)
21 Play for time (5)
22 Proverb (5)
