Crosswords Set by: Arachne Wednesday 1 February 2017 19.00 EST Cryptic crossword No 27,109 Print | PDF version | Accessible version Set by: Arachne Wednesday 1 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 Across 1 Caution pensioner finally to stop shrinking (7) 5 Postholder stitched up by criminal (7) 9 Was angry Bolshevik accepting silver? (5) 10 One gambling nothing leaves in a more favourable position (6,3) 11 Portrait of Len? (4-6) 12 Feigns current case of tinnitus (4) 14 Painting Dog & Duck after a choir's rampage (11) 18 Right-wing Mad Hatter ethic (11) 21 Impressive record leads to impressive career (4) 22 Vacuous people ran into party and put Stones on (10) 25 Fat cat Spooner's copies of Playboy (9) 26 Removing jacket, runs in tights in summer (5) 27 Police search rock garden, then chicken shed (7) 28 Imperfect start hampering Kay and the rest (7) Down 1 Somebody in trouble over your past (6) 2 Generously provide claret, perhaps leaving Edwin with wind (6) 3 Tastelessness of cod Iceland found in Arctic (10) 4 Yak trampling outskirts of Orpington, home to some West Africans (5) 5 Came across a sailor, oddly skin and bones (9) 6 Middle of month in Rome, ie time to go (4) 7 Toiling over brunch, finally gets bit of a breather (8) 8 Fights construction work in present place (4,4) 13 State judge going after buffoon and First Lady (10) 15 Clumsy fine leg anticipating catch (9) 16 Continuously played on computer, like many schoolkids (8) 17 Article supporting new echidna farm (8) 19 Strip the fuzz from the bottom of a poet (6) 20 Ruddy guerrilla leader on right lines (6) 23 Fundament of individual bitten by fish (5) 24 Honeymoon shot of a certain old love in Jerusalem? (4)
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