Crossword no. 1284
Across 1 Pisciform caviar? (8) 5 Stopped the draught, with a draught perhaps? (6) 9 Top creator who does piece-work (3-5) 10 Goes sparingly with the birds (6) 12 Make literally savage? (7) 13 Embellish with a pre-prandial prayer (7) 14 Right, till fairies become butterflies (12) 17 Fruity barrow-boy (6-6) 22 Elia with a little entomology gets a licking (7)
23 A little revolution is pent up; forestall it (7) 24 Sim comes back red, where it is evident (6)
25 Borrow a novel name! (8) 26 Stud account in mix-up over coinage (6) 27 Creepy-crawlies (8) Down 1 Tom, a cut above the rest? (6)
2 Chaldean gentleman in a hurry? (6)
3 What a smasher this crook is (7)
4 Name an exorbitant price (4-8) 6 August comes up against the island (7)
7 Such an ode is most irregular! (8) 8 Scatter Pluto by himself (8)
11 The winner of this race has a price on his head (7-5).
15 December cloud metamorphosed gets shut out (8) 16 Me, so I join the Royal Institute of Chemistry, similar but different (8) 18 A churchyard was where one worked (7)
19 It's essential! (7) 20 Light lancers (6)
21 How she, acting hawk-like, conquers (6) Solution next week Solution to Crossword no. 1283. Across. I Baroque 5 Annelid 9 Relieve 10 Kingdom 11 Astonishes 12 Tees 13 Rio 14 Yellowstone 17 Wishing-well 19 Ire 20 Ribs 22 Achitophel 26 Initial 27 Spinner 28 Gangway 29 Tressed. Down. I Barra 2 Relations 3 Queenly 4 Evens 5 Ankle-bone 6 Nine 7 Lodge 8 Damascene 13 Rewarding 15 Logically 16 Oliphants 18 Lionise- 21 Brian 23 Inset 24 Lured 25 View
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