Crossword for Wed, 21/Apr/2021

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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Across
1: Writer producing page behind a king (9)

5: Does loose change forfeit worn tail for false head? (5)

8: Farmland female comes back covered with baked clay (7)

10: Layperson to straighten us clear (7)

12: Backward South American city captured by Bill (9)

13: Rabbit (male) with nest of bunnies? (5)

15: Pulling in fish? Right - pulling in fish (7)

17: Melodic rearrangement of asymmetrically split second part (7)

18: Like cold chops without nuts (7)

20: Popular pickpocket is returning, tasteless (7)

21: Kitchen appliance is pumpkin-colored, apart from the top (5)

22: Maenad has one lower hot underwear (9)

24: Record unusually green ornamental centrepiece (7)

26: As trail meanders, they're useful to a cowboy (7)

27: Bargain holds principal leftovers for French room (5)

28: Marvels discovered in chemical test of overturned anemone (9)
Down
2: Small drinks for each young man's agent (11)

3: Requiring what sounds like massaging (7)

4: Before long 1000 French to be having Sunday fowl (7)

6: Crook skimmed cash register? (3)

7: Beat it and ran, for example, with Girl Scout ingredients (9,4)

8: Gradually reduce European Community requisitions for playback devices (4,9)

9: Requires five kills, or a single accurate shot. (3)

11: Bands of salmon on way south (7)

14: Exchange recipe describing a small amount of relish on rolled up taco (11)

16: Something cold in Candice Bergen's makeup (7)

19: Get cosy slip due to fray (5,2)

20: I am to beat urge (7)

23: Startled, grabs sailor (3)

25: Beauty stripping top and bottom is an additional feature (3)




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