Crosswords Set by: Pan Monday 17 October 2016 20.00 EDT Quiptic crossword No 883 Print | Accessible version Set by: Pan Monday 17 October 2016 20.00 EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email View more sharing options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Google+ Share on WhatsApp Share on Messenger Close 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 Mark attached to letter from woman nursing journalist (7) 5 Item used during flooding in Damascus and Baghdad (7) 9 Boy briefly taking hard second subject (5) 10 Lawyer for fence admitting second theft, finally (9) 11 Ill-feeling caused by scruffy Roman wearing handsome coat (10) 12 Alternative to a Latin viva? (4) 14 Males take years to accept unorthodox ratio in love triangle (6,1,5) 18 Give an imperfect account of little girl about to get gift (12) 21 Stylish youngster ditching anorak at last (4) 22 Lend heroes foreign trousers (10) 25 Being bad tempered, I rile 24 for a change (9) 26 Fourth in line embraced by sweet relative (5) 27 Alien stuck in part of wall is within reach (7) 28 Current Hamlet furious about king (7) Down 1 Setter swallowed by fish at end of funny performance (6) 2 Hate shown by end of flawed drug trial (6) 3 Young woman visiting US state returned, always with tropical disease (5,5) 4 Record for a large bottom! (5) 5 Extremely smart park officials generate visitors (9) 6 Nothing holding a pin down (4) 7 Translation of Torah clutched by crowd coming back to place for ablutions (8) 8 Stupid troops left below during attempts to put to sea (8) 13 Go north and see the phoney prehistoric monument (10) 15 Pleasant drink interrupted by feminist endlessly going on about degree (9) 16 Son ridiculing needlework (8) 17 Hopeful when letter from abroad comes before angry outburst (8) 19 Mounted gathering for a hunt with Home Counties' approval (6) 20 Peacekeepers visiting water supply get sick (6) 23 Go for the Spanish shock treatment (5) 24 Strike-breaker showing evidence of a scuffle? (4)
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