Crossword for Thu, 9/Mar/2017

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
2: Star's drug causes a dark patch (7)

6: Fiber extracted from thistles (5)

8: Sadly curtail urge for land cultivation (11)

9: Infection leads from partly uncooked steak (3)

11: Stops trains and big trucks (7)

13: Hero-worshipper dancing reel and jig (7)

16: Top-flight hairstyle instead (9)

17: A chair may be material (5)

18: Making out but not frosting (5)

19: Possible anagram of Lipton Tea (9)

21: How Danson signs letters inside out? (7)

22: English poet writes about head of Scottish queen (7)

23: However, you expect trouble at first (3)

25: Privy to accessibility (11)

27: Many sound prospects for prospectors (5)

28: Earl's unfortunately getting two months in jail (7)
Down
1: Secretly include railroad in family future (13)

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

3: Playwright rethinking copyright wrangle (4,7)

4: Officers mentioned coat (7)

5: Write to Dee about American the French roughed up (7)

6: Frost to cover the cake (3)

7: Perfect counter-spy equipment (3)

10: Reformed drinker helps a water distributor (9,4)

12: Misleading credit card rejected in the day before (7)

14: Be prepared with amnesties for truancy (11)

15: Explains how to get rid of rear ends! (7)

19: Editor wearing trousers meets word purists (7)

20: Piece of mosaic a Greek god put up (7)

24: Mann's 'Death in Venice' Dorothy sent up (3)

25: Mediterranean leaves unfashionable coins? (3)

26: And not in town, ordinarily (3)




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