Crosswords Set by: Paul Saturday 23 July 2016 20.00 EDT Prize crossword No 26,944 Print | PDF version | Accessible version Set by: Paul Saturday 23 July 2016 20.00 EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Share on WhatsApp Share on Messenger 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 1 Female on record wearing fleece, a large number — here? (5,4) 6 Miles 14 to 26, heading for glory that's brief! (5) 9 How a bird goes for a song that's audible (5) 10 Academy acting to separate two points, literarily, for American statesman (9) 11 See 15 12 Cold seafood bedecked stall? (11) 14 Fit little time between function and drink (7) 15, 11 Two animals, one taken to the middle (7,3) 16 Don't talk about cryptic clue that's beyond question — sounds like that sucks? (7) 19 Without family, around a hundred spies (7) 22 Newspapers covering second of February, last month, or the one before (11) 23 Conscious element ending in grudge match (3) 24 Just English left, island heading backwards (9) 26 15 is no more, I should add (5) 27 Match score (5) 28 School prom that's a throwback? (5,4) Down 1 Lute heard, however, as an old trombone (7) 2 Tennis player and 15 side 11 (7) 3 Source of fruit is lemon, say, with yellow centre to feed 11 (11) 4 Applaud a goal, hugging Celtic's outside left (7) 5 Musical doctor covering ligatures and operatic overtures (7) 6 Jack — knave put another way (3) 7 Diabolical brute getting on collar (3,4) 8 Warm up, then cool bullet (7) 13 Waste water redirected into river after a day (7,4) 16 Sage in fancy panties (7) 17 Different passage of tune, quality (7) 18 After taking a spin, driver finally qualified — what? Cobblers! (4,3) 19 Savings banked in the branches? (4,3) 20 11 more in the drink (7) 21 Marriage beginning to unravel, work to patch girl up (7) 25 Test score (3)
