Crosswords Set by: Puck Wednesday 22 February 2017 19.00 EST Cryptic crossword No 27,127 Print | PDF version | Accessible version Set by: Puck Wednesday 22 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 Across 7 Patiently starting to hug hamster … (7) 8 … that's confused, short of time and a little nervous, in general (7) 9 Car in front of pillar box, wingless and slow too (4) 10 Part of ship where you might find tennis shoes and chair (9) 12 Somewhat dotty detective? (5) 13 A spy chief enters agent's new forms of ID (8) 15 Regime to regret around Leatherhead (4) 16 Paul's companion still tans unevenly (5) 17 Scumbag in wingless car? (4) 18 Closing time having passed, left drink unopened (8) 20 Lawyers working for bigwig (5) 21 Happy once drunk, daughter drinking wine (9) 22 Return of Colonel K's hairpiece? (4) 24 Bugs spy sites regularly (7) 25 Ordering of a SIM card's second for female mobster? (7) Down 1 Fiddler occupying one roof (4) 2 Sure about supporting football club during no-score draw? Yes, sure (2,6) 3 Entertain with piano on hire (6) 4 Cor blimey! No Brit hums out 7's response to 19 (2,6) 5 Name of modern establishment (6) 6 See 14 11 Cut short old car's MOT perhaps, as exterior in most messy state (9) 12 See 19 14, 6 Uncle Sam's bill from Evian? (9) 16 Toilet's out of order, blocked by model's 17 across (8) 17 Like arms of female, 100, going round supermarket (8) 19, 12 Secret agent plants bug during a rounders game, then runs away (6,5) 20 Smile about broken deadline in madhouse (6) 21 One part of a murder case's opening line (4) 23 Maybe 14 6 starts to crow after successful hijacking (4)
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