Crosswords Set by: Rufus Monday 30 January 2017 19.00 EST Cryptic crossword No 27,107 Print | PDF version | Accessible version Set by: Rufus Monday 30 January 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 30 31 Across 9 Ship, possibly a drifter (5) 10 Pretend to be ill, we hear, to get a drink (9) 11 Graduate entertains a slimmer's objective — eating off this? (4,5) 12 Waterway is able to dock everything (5) 13 Fiasco for young socialite with torn lace (7) 15 Visibly unaffected by sorrow (3-4) 17 Gather information alternately with the French (5) 18 Pot plant? (3) 20 Gather a large crowd, we hear (5) 22 A support thus returned is appropriate (7) 25 Means of gauging a boring job (7) 26 Underemployed gallery worker (5) 27 Land of Hope? (9) 30 A spirit to woo meant victory for Henry (9) 31 Dog track? (5) Down 1 What's left when objections are raised? (4) 2 Extremely clever, but hateful (8) 3 Heroic tale from The Pickwick Papers (4) 4 I'd interrupted to stress something unexpected (8) 5 A leader of Zulus in tough venture (6) 6 Happy carol that's become legendary (10) 7 A representative business (6) 8 Give players a hand (4) 13 Pointer, maybe, to master's belief (5) 14 Plot links prisoners to criminal activity (10) 16 A ruse to avoid (5) 19 Right to get junior minister to foot the bill (8) 21 European set to bail Anna out (8) 23 Rank one can change in a way (6) 24 Shoot something to eat (6) 26 Aim low (4) 28 Where hangings still take place in London (4) 29 Is indisposed to alter sail (4)
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