Crosswords Set by: Paul Friday 24 March 2017 20.00 EDT Cryptic crossword No 27,153 Print | PDF version | Accessible version Set by: Paul Friday 24 March 2017 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 1 Sugar, perhaps, needing part, say, for complete payment (4,3) 5 Gold, auric edges in pen containing a metalloid (7) 9 Groups of bones in this ratio passed to the left (5) 10 Lower seams burst as tight on both sides of tanga (9) 11 Scot, a head welcoming lecturer in religious education (10) 12 Relish decline (3) 14 David was his second outstanding challenge, I suspect (12) 18 Deliver position that's autonomous (4-8) 21 Weed in pool (3) 22 Wood given pen to outline role of someone directly involved (5-5) 25 Downtrodden thing in the way, a solver (9) 26 Capital given stick by artist (5) 27 Unseeing as a 25-letter alphabet, did you say? (7) 28 Eventual consumer always touring state in Midwest America (3-4) Down 1 Possibly toxic sanction well short (6) 2 Solver left a bit (6) 3 Tell tales about duke on starter of tempura being least fat (10) 4 Solver, member of secret society (5) 5 Like a rabbit, say, albeit modified in corporeal form (9) 6 Piffle on a list (4) 7 Solver a shade upset about Paul, ultimately, as writer (8) 8 Best solver embodying Holmes, initially (8) 13 Eliciting a yawn perhaps as beginning to nod, rip undies off (10) 15 Last of money on account invested in reminder to put on his evacuated bloomers (9) 16 It suggests I step on virgin snow (3-5) 17 In general, violin required for solver (8) 19 Ending in ignorance, solver finds god in the dark (6) 20 Conclusion of narrative in unfolding story, a world of possibilities? (6) 23 Solver as pack member (5) 24 Copy walls in southern part of church (4)
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