Crosswords Set by: Brummie Tuesday 7 February 2017 19.00 EST Cryptic crossword No 27,114 Print | PDF version | Accessible version Set by: Brummie Tuesday 7 February 2017 19.00 EST 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 29 Across 9 Leave a convenient stopping-off place (2,4,3) 10 Approximately to the right of top of tree trunk (5) 11 Parasite on part of fertiliser? (5) 12 Observant quality present in fluid dance (9) 13 Mother gets on for Mars (7) 14 Stars from here backing Elton at city in America? (7) 17 Car — middle of fan belt lacks power (5) 19 It's often pocketed, being light (3) 20 Elvis is alive, full of fibre! (5) 21 Nut cracking, in fact, absorbs one (7) 22 Agent's below-the-line item (7) 24 Test space craft with no tail (9) 26 Grimly funny champion (outside left) (5) 28 Dress transfer (5) 29 Attendant puts a report in place (9) Down 1 Limo once cleared of external insects to give a rear view (4) 2 Tense, in excited, messy way (6) 3 Signature scrawled all over page, which is largely brilliant (10) 4 Slave over South American tracksuit (6) 5 Uneasy phone discussion not entirely conveyed (8) 6 Those who squeal about mark on horse (4) 7 Gathers shellfish round river (8) 8 Scrape top off aggregate (4) 13 Happy, say, moving forward (no alternative) (5) 15 Kebab stall prepared game (10) 16 Sort of power that lifts Los Alamos Red Tops (5) 18 Brown needs one inch A-Z up country (8) 19 Rolling cape's magnificence (8) 22 Sherlock's lute playing breaks silence (6) 23 Composed some material in C? The other way round (6) 24, 25 Try to single someone out, as prolific anglers do (4,4) 25 See 24 27 Look over tower (4)
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