Crossword for Thu, 5/Nov/2020

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
2: Little weight spoils head honcho in sophisticated secondary institute (7,6)

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

10: A rag in question (2,5)

11: Runner or dramatist in play (13)

12: Fabulous setting for Biblical character: American state (9)

14: Rare fish goes around and around (5)

15: Good Republican source of life-giving system for short-handed office workers (5)

18: Grant authority to gaucho, finally, packing whip for farm animals (9)

22: Asian river ordeal; it's upset manufacturer (13)

24: Knot a rope in the great out-of-doors (4-3)

25: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)

26: Something good made by mini drink packer! (6,7)

Down
1: Get sick chasing a grand lady's maid (7)

2: Good eater has more gut upsets (7)

3: Agrees that a course should be forwarded to the primary school (7)

4: Aquatic plant providing a variety of materials (5,4)

5: Grow, taking head of iceberg to show again (5)

6: Yeller eats two steak bones as Elly May's pet (7)

7: Watch, say (7)

8: Left out cheese for parasites (7)

13: Bird and man going different ways (9)

15: Mug returns to 100 degrees, causing an ulcer. (7)

16: Distinct identity based in circumstance (7)

17: Duck turning up initially looking like a Walt Disney animated goose (7)

19: Dirt caught in footwear (7)

20: British actor in Rocky VII role (7)

21: 8-down Its the exception to everything else in the dish tub (7,4)

23: Get rid of Bush (5)





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