Crosswords Set by: Provis Monday 3 October 2016 20.00 EDT Quiptic crossword No 881 Print | Accessible version Set by: Provis Monday 3 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 Across 1 Gives advice to son struggling with clues (8) 5 Yemeni initially hides in a poor area for protection (6) 9 Way gear is broken causes loss of control while driving (4,4) 10 Uniform worn by the French team (6) 12 Contribution from lifelong criminal (5) 13 Paris, say, not prepared to retreat in long-running conflict. (6,3) 14 It reduces current desire to follow less intelligent directions (6,6) 18 Just quietly produces something to play with (7,5) 21 Strange rituals found in more than one advanced country (9) 23 Enrol in secret network, retrospectively (5) 24 Popular newspapers get torn to pieces (2,4) 25 Was unlike daughter to defer, if challenged (8) 26 The first ambassador regularly meets subjects (6) 27 English capital winds up accepting new fences (8) Down 1 Used to serve wine in bistro without introducing age restrictions (6) 2 Powerless to arrest student with drug joining university (6) 3 Getting less vice over a short period with support from ruler (9) 4 With justification, run away with a friend to meet heartless lady (12) 6 Girl has what it takes for this type of dancing (5) 7 Outrageously vile banter's hard to accept (4,4) 8 UK possibly shows cunning taking on money after abandoning Europe (8) 11 Working together on Ontario CID reform (12) 15 Remarkable to have prevailed on Fred to return before mid-July (9) 16 He doesn't believe our species is top of the table (8) 17 Keep safe before getting help (8) 19 Begins to play leading roles in front of empty theatres (6) 20 Wears down sweetheart's resistance with poems (6) 22 Scoundrel's regret over turning up to work (5)
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