Crossword for Fri, 26/Jan/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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Across
1: Climbers in tumbling tailspins (9)

5: Accommodate bear (3,2)

8: Ceases running features about Republican in serious trouble (4,7)

10: Heavy metal group X (4)

11: Sprinted fleetly? (3)

12: Try to seduce (7)

14: Crime's delays? (4-3)

16: Principle unaffected by revolution (5)

18: Dating from birth in South African province (5)

19: Empty pail beneath sack (7)

22: Song about death for lover of Theseus (7)

24: Complain about the horse (3)

25: Short bloke discontinued hike (3)

26: Crazy to clean sons in awful mess (11)

29: After party longing for senior member (5)

30: A country, one said, in trouble (9)
Down
2: Sire, he made 99 in match (like this) (15)

3: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)

4: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)

5: Nightwear and jersey top added in afterthought (3)

6: Powerful individual accommodates American doctor connected with parts of hospital drama (5,10)

7: Annoying ad for toaster design? (3-2)

9: Doctrine for some Kiwis makes sense (3)

11: Rinse out pine compound (5)

12: Sounds like everything: a bore (3)

13: West's last: bottom spade, perhaps (5)

15: Reliable noise (5)

17: Strap, though short, has hanger's heart (5)

20: Pass mould (3)

21: Intimidated, we tucked into fish (5)

23: In no state to contain a pregnant virgin? (3)

26: Sister gets nothing, we hear (3)

27: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)

28: Child, bask by the sound (3)




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