Crossword for Thu, 8/Dec/2011

1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
 
 
 
3
 
 
 
4
 
5
 
 
 
6
 
 
 
7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
 
 
11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13
 
14
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16
 
 
 
 
 
17
 
 
 
18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23
 
 
 
24
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Across
1: Gregorian chant emanates from unmelodious Anglo spin (9)

5: Kind of eagle that is a resident of Sesame St. (5)

8: Sister leaves, seeing torment of supernatural servant (5)

9: Jewish leader in a bar tossed out pig meat (7)

10: To initiate into communist units, they carry the vital gas. (3, 5, 5)

12: Record unusually green ornamental centrepiece (7)

14: Rhyme in Old English to run the show (7).

15: Freaky and tailless, Satan sits on worker (7)

17: Help with comeback of secular parties (7)

20: Opening event in cruise: Iran art display (7-6)

22: Reportedly, I cry and watch (7)

23: Sound frequently killed (5)

25: Test limits of sexologist in assignation (5)

26: Crushed bones, say, as source of sauce (4,5)

Down
1: Introduction to knitted/purled English (7)

2: No one told sister (3)

3: A Gore follows a Ryan (5)

4: Vacuous girl loving and charming! (9)

5: Small boat from County Clare, possibly (7)

6: Free for all by lack of padlocked freight compartments (2,5,6)

7: Man sees bananas in a bunch (2,5)

8: Dry vegetarian, about to like this puzzle, perhaps? (6, 7)

11: Drongo lacks even a pet (3)

13: Catches misusing teen slang (9)

15: Crowd ultimately least friendly and most dangerous (7)

16: Worker in new data capture firm (7)

18: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)

19: Helps for a short time (7)

21: Driverless wagon approaches Y with great pains (5)

24: Chain some; cuff objectors (3)





Solution (Reversed)
E
O
N
A
C
G
N
O
S
N
I
A
L
P
N
O
O
L
N
U
R
M
A
H
A
R
B
A
E
I
N
E
G
E
A
O
A
M
A
A
L
S
L
L
E
C
D
O
O
L
B
D
E
R
U
S
D
L
R
O
D
D
E
E
S
R
E
V
O
E
N
G
R
E
P
E
B
U
N
N
S
L
A
I
C
O
S
T
N
A
I
V
E
D
E
R
O
A
D
A
I
C
R
E
S
I
A
R
N
I
A
T
R
U
C
O
E
G
G
M
I
I
N
D
E
F
F
O
L
L
A
B
E
Y
E
D
O
N
E
N
T
S
S
N
A
E
B
A
Y
O
S
T
S
Y
R
T