CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
9 Person getting rid of vending
machine (9)
10 Come together during
emergency (5)
11 Boy friend, in a majestic way (7) 12 Cool men manufactured
visual aid (7)
13 Light switches in fine store (3,2,4) 16 Rips eye secretions (5)
17 Woman given awful sensational
novel (5,8)
20 Orchestra leader wants for each a dramatic musical performance (5)
21 Chinos due to be reworked and
padded (9)
24 Beef, perhaps, is food for
communist? (3,4)
25 Strong information kept in
boat (7)
27 Look around university to find
surgical dressing (5)
28 Len’s worse off not belonging
to someone (9)
DOWN
1 Puts up decorations, but leads to
commotion and rants, oddly (6)
2 Catch sight of English agent (4)
3 Home of German composer? (6) 4 Lay aside overturned contents?
Gosh! (1,3)
5 They play noisily, right inside
rotten tree stump (10)
6 Gave out wrong name
and date (8)
7 Pull a face, if keeping a nicer
sort of old container (7,3)
8 On the subject of letting
contract, free! (7)
14 Huge monster due to mutate (10) 15 Mark at home turning into
acid (10)
18 Teen Dane moved,
straightened (8)
19 Mostly guarded about our
bravery (7)
22 Disregard ravaged region (6)
23 Hate first difficult English exam (6) No. 16,392 25 Enclosures for writers (4)
26 Farm females from new estate (4)
ACROSS
1 Peal (of thunder) (4)
4 Area where goods are
on display (8)
8 Urge strongly (6)
9 Narrow piece (6)
10 Plant with a trunk (4)
11 Container of goodies and
gifts (5,3)
13 Spicy relish for food
cooked outdoors (8,5)
16 Consistent, or without
a join (8)
19 Glacial lake (4)
20 Breakfast-table food
holder (3-3)
22 Take out of a spiral
position (6)
23 Hampered (8)
24 Dip (a biscuit) (4)
DOWN
2 Wallow (9)
3 Adage (7)
4 Arrange (3,2)
5 Watch carefully (7)
6 ___ Night in Georgia,
song (5)
7 Be under an obligation (3)
12 Bellows-driven musical instrument (9) 14 Soft-soled shoe (7)
15 Heartburn remedy (7)
17 Chocolate/coffee mixture (5)
18 Strait (5)
21 Vegetable adhesive (3)