Crosswords Set by: Brummie Saturday 29 October 2016 20.00 EDT Prize crossword No 27,028 Print | PDF version | Accessible version Set by: Brummie Saturday 29 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 8 City in Arabic translated as "Italian boot" (8) 9, 26 Drug-taking composer greeting American-style rock group drained of energy, forming another band (5,4) 10, 23 Kind doctor Rex with line in old-fashioned salutation (4,6) 11 Shakes off visitor ban (10) 12 "Straits" can be heard (6) 14 Bean collected by Rose and checked (8) 16 Round variety of raisin associated with a deity (7) 18 Seaside plant's unvarying energy (7) 21 Velocity regulator using gravitational force in preference to negative resistance (8) 23 See 10 24 Crude African oil which has a major fault (10) 26 See 9 27 Tom 26, possibly, wants retro outfit with hollowed lapels (5) 28 It's a mark around small tree (8) Down 1 Insubstantial state, not watertight (8) 2, 26 Exposed, ring up lawyers, having reached end of line (4,4) 3 English writer's drink (6) 4 Major character of Shaw, one introduced by two snatches of music (7) 5 Coptic bishop books into mutual help organisation (4) 6 Goliath, ear-bending a saint worshipper (10) 7 Risk a section of the church abandoning Latin (6) 13 Axon displays cool courage taking roughage (5,5) 15 Fit revolving stage after lead's made an exit (3) 17 Old foreign coin without a name (3) 19 Tipless battleaxe is my creative way of unfairly favouring allies (8) 20 Rock group's No 1 passed onto Italian earl (7) 22 Zip attached to cooker shade (6) 23 End up restricting Sam's development, creating a bad atmosphere (6) 25 City's abbreviated text breaking agreement (4) 26 See 2
