Crossword for Thu, 10/Mar/2022

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: Cooped up in Essex: pelicans, it would turn out (5)

4: Drink to the crashing of beetle car (9)

9: It comes to a point everyone heard (3)

10: A favourite car of Seattle natives. (11)

11: Secretly include railroad in family future (13)

14: Young lady back at Kennedy gave erroneous information (9)

16: Sounds like everything: a bore (3)

17: One may be a very long time (3)

18: Of course, Alan truly is weird (9)

19: Barmaid slipped, leading to a spectacular disaster. (6, 7)

22: Arranged date in Cairo means extermination (11)

24: Solo, the pilot rises? No way (3)

25: I'm entering fancy residences with contractor's quotes (9)

26: Belated top-and-tailing to gladden one's heart (5)

Down
2: Compile an anagram: cop in male form (9)

3: Clothilda is carrying a parcel (3)

4: Violent overthrow of government up to cadet, unfortunately (4,5)

5: Many sound prospects for prospectors (5)

6: Pretty girl takes part in outdoor cooking? No just toys (6, 5).

7: She used to be called Celia (5)

8: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)

9: Ace practised a lot by female golfer in a state of decline (2,1,3,3)

12: Be prepared with amnesties for truancy (11)

13: Cry at nothing and hope to be only slightly cowardly? (9)

15: Lands filled with soft-shelled creatures (9)

16: I may fall into pit in a remote country (9)

20: Old role for paintings that trick the eye (2,3)

21: State charted illegal payments (5)

22: The time before the first woman (3)

23: Former name for joint audition (3)





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