48 Entertainment
Double Crossword CRYPTIC
Across 3 A move to make provisionally? (5)
8 A fling worth arranging (5) 10 Adamant, to be exact? (5) 11 Does being in one mean long depression? (3)
12 Hold many an object to be one’s own (5)
13 Weekly time of choice? (7) 15 They’re open to make admissions (5)
18 She’ll have one during the afternoon (3)
19 Performance one is able to do twice (6)
21 As in one of those gangster dramas? (7)
22 Catherine, apt to growl at dad? (4) 23 Blue, perhaps, it’s a pleasure at the weekend (4)
24 Surely she wouldn’t really cheat on a bet? (7)
26 King borne around with love (6) 29 Piece of firewood? (3) 31 To find a crook, look in a marshy district (5)
32 By which to graduate? (7) 34 Capital place to get plastered? (5) 35 Turn once more to the river (3) 36 Ships made fast (5) 37 Somewhere to finish, if not first (5)
38 Tries to emulate the Sikhs (5) Sudoku
Down 1 Shoulder no responsibility? (5) 2 The Shakespearean character of Tottenham? (7)
4 Pious girl excluded from a holiday (4)
5 For a time, Robinson Crusoe’s man (6)
6 Maybe I’m not an Athenian (5) 7 The sign of a liberal artist (5) 9 Pantagruel’s plant (3) 12 Bloomer made by a politician in coin changing (7)
14 Familiar name for a black belt (3) 16 Happen to make a duck at the club, taking half an hour (5)
17 Something living on grass, perhaps (5)
19 Bottles broken in the fracas about a close finish (7)
20 A mere parody of ops (5) 21 Punishment involving a Luger? (5)
23 The rod-maker’s union (7) 24 Give no date for the reshuffle (6) 25 The musician’s job in “Gigi” (3) 27 A flabby one is like jelly (5) 28 Well known lasso makers (5) 30 Historic doctor’s
assistant and general companion (5)
32 His point is thrust home incisively (4)
33 Period of better appreciation (3)
Solution to this week’s puzzles will be printed here next week
Across 3 Scorches (5), 8 Hairdresser’s shop (5), 10 Extreme (5), 11 Domestic fuel (3), 12 Lacking enthusiasm (5), 13 Income (7), 15 Appears (5), 18 Joke, informally(3) 19 Revoke (6), 21 Nightclub show (7), 22 Watchful, cautious (4), 23 Locate (4), 24 Flower-shaped badge (7), 26 Skin decoration
QUICK
(6), 29 Fish eggs (3), 31 Perspire (5), 32 Dental surgeon (7), 34 Light boat (5), 35 Was seated (3), 36 Characteristic (5), 37 Pick-me-up (5),
38 To rib (5)
Down 1 Weekly pay (5), 2 Posy (7), 4 Cavity (4), 5 Apple type (6), 6 Slumber (5), 7 A play (5), 9 Loo (3), 12 Bugbear, bogey (7),
14 Arrest (3), 16 Weird (5), 17 Smooth and shiny (5),
19 Football official (7),
20 Hits at flies (5), 21 Storage container (5), 23 Cowboy hat (7) 24 Revolve or spin (6),
25 Unit of weight (3),
27 Prize (5), 28 Unspoken (5), 30 Afoot (5),
32 Puts on (4), 33 Boy’s name (3)
Last week’s answers Cryptic Across:
1, Atlas 6, Spahi
9, Fun-fair 10, Crate 11, Doing 12, A-RM-Ed 13, Cap-rice 15, Law 17, (Fa-)Ir-IS(-le) 18, Ma-tu- re 19, Deco-r 20, Chimes 22, Pear Be-arde-d
24, Hot 26, MI-X-ed 27, Tatum
29, Sanct-us 30, Gru-el 31, Me-als Down:
25, 28, Mini-m 2, Tar-tar 3, Afters 4, Sue (Sioux)
5, Afire 6, Sidecar 7, PRO-D 8, Hangar 12, Aches 13, C-inch 14, Pi-pit 15, Lured 16, We-ird 18, Mop-Ed 19, Decimal 21, Hot air 22, Praise 23, Aerial (Ariel) 25, B-each 26, M-US-e 28, Mum Quick Across:
Teacher 10, Stout 11, Livid
12, Fetid 13, Fretsaw
15, Bit 17, Reps 18, Dearth 19, Miser 20, Tremor 22, Into 24, Has 25, Glasgow 26, Snort
27, Shoot
4 1
2 7 6 8 2 9 1 3 6 6 7 1 8 5
Fill the grid with the number 1 to 9 so that each row, column and 3x3 block contains the numbers 1 to 9. Target: 30 minutes
3 4 6 1 2
5 4
9 4 8
THE HERALD FRIDAY JANUARY 27 2017
1, Grass 6, Daisy 9,
28, Lumps 29, Referee 30, Fried 31, Idled Down:
6, Deliver 7, Arid 12, Fakir Froth 14, Epees 15, Bring 16, Throw
2, Retire 3, Stunts 4, Set 5, Screw 8, Spirit
13, 18,
Dealt 19, Mounted 21, Rather 22, Issued 23, Topple 25, Greed 26, Sore 28, Lei
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