CLASSIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Physical damage among panel of twelve (6)
4 Holy traveller, one converted
girl in the afternoon (7)
9 Sitar I tug away from musician (9) 10 Mean to be close (5)
11 In front of a leader? (5)
12 I am harsh, I upset spiritual
leader (9)
13 Firth of Tay sure is choppy (7)
15 Thanks poet for item of
clothing (6)
17 Sanctuary provides happy
ending in a ghetto (6)
19 Bloke not entirely on song gets
disease (7)
22 Come to signal! (5,4)
24 Confine ringleader in
settlement (5)
26 Diverting back round fountain (5) 27 Leonardo, eg, mixes red,
almost (3,6)
28 Being without creative subject
is naive (7)
29 Keep watch, friend almost
stepped in it! (6)
DOWN
1 Thankless type breaking
granite (7)
2 Liquid at 40-40, say (5)
3 Author kept back during dollar
crisis (5,4)
4 Random bullet fired when
vessels are just stolen (7)
5 Following dead king (5)
6 Hospital doctor injecting
substance right into bottom (9) 7 Ordered array puts Brian on
the carpet (6)
8 December initially is month of
consternation (6)
14 River chaps plunged into
at will (9)
16 Robber’s hood required for
battle (9)
18 Pastures new as mowed (7)
19 Frenchman to yodel funny
tune (6)
20 What people wear to shock,
seen round about (7)
21 Snare for trespasser’s endless
chant (6)
23 Corn sounds like a puzzle,
visually (5)
25 Right to leave roof support
behind (5)
ACROSS
8 Raised (7)
9 Wear away (of soil) (5)
10 Tom ___, comedian (5) 11 Struggle in the heat (7) 12 Prompt, ready (12)
16 Seaside puppet show (5,3,4)
20 Young of a maned animal (4,3)
23 Combat vehicles (5)
24 Fruit supplied in a bunch (5)
25 Native of old Thailand (7)
DOWN
1 Large coniferous tree (5) 2 Duvet covers etc (8)
3 Now! (2,4)
4 Reflective poems (4)
5 Swiss city and lake (6)
6 Mail (4)
7 Aristocracy (7)
13 ___ Beale, Eastenders
character (3)
14 At risk (2,6) 15 Statement of regret (7)
17 Game played on ice or grass (6) 18 Discarded odds and ends (6)
19 Crooked (5)
21 Spoken language exam (4)
22 Party, shindig (4)