Crossword for Wed, 26/Jun/2024

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
2: Groom and a bride -- utterly thoughtless (5-4)

7: And not in town, ordinarily (3)

9: Short bloke quietly escaped seaweed (3)

10: Missed hoax set up to trap Sunday drunk outside saloon entrance (4,5,2)

11: Kind of money for a rare puree (5)

13: Almost insane deviation around road works (7)

14: Put on University of Texas ring (5)

15: Italian article held by terrible regular or irregular soldier (9)

17: Spartacus, for instance, delighted theatergoers primarily in Iowa and Oregon (9)

21: Understood I engaged in diplomacy (5)

23: Hold spellbound in the tenth rally (7)

24: Headless rodent left by bird (5)

25: Discounting losing one's sense of humour? (8,3)

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

28: Bloody bored inside (3)

29: Leda overtaken by frenzied satyr -- perhaps debauched? (3,6)
Down
1: Mikes good tackling ice tower (6,3)

2: Civil War battle in Pamplona? (7)

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

4: Savings division of e-banking gets enormous returns (4,3)

5: Fully equipped to follow it around (2,5)

6: The star of 'Ellen' has at folks with substandard morals (11)

7: Frank turned brown sitting on mountains (7)

8: Collars rowdies in the audience (5)

12: Bend in Pennsylvania court case related to revered founder (11)

16: Group of lawyers is attending sports events, so we hear (9)

18: Piece of tile in a solid floor (7)

19: With fingernails, boy catches sole (7)

20: Tumultuous, so I tour around (7)

22: State change in cross-location (7)

23: Outspoken one-time Houston gridiron pro and mathematician (5)

26: Mink, for one, may fly when theres trouble (3)




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