Crossword for Sat, 19/May/2007

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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Across
1: Group of eight

4: Squeezebox

9: Golf expendable

10: Tacks on

11: Palindromic preposition

12: Hazarding a guess: critic who studies Hitchcock?

14: Single-masted sailing vessel

15: Short quality

16: Connecting symbol

20: Kind of down

23: Understanding

24: Lower, as lights

26: Expulsion

27: Half a score

28: Almost firm

29: Somber tune
Down
1: Relative of a nautilus

2: Idol worshipper?

3: Coffeehouse alternative

4: Material that coats arteries

5: Greek horse/man

6: What hairdressers do

7: Sculpture material

8: Down on one's luck

13: Fashionable canine?

17: Carnivorous birds

18: Deodorant type

19: Disparaged

20: Developed

21: Group around a VIP

22: Keeps secret

25: May celebrant




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