Crosswords Set by: Paul Saturday 3 June 2017 20.00 EDT Prize crossword No 27,214 Print | PDF version | Accessible version Set by: Paul Saturday 3 June 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 Charlie's ban on banter, perhaps … (7) 5 … quite the opposite, as good man breaking oath of old (7) 9 Splendid local offering sent back (5) 10 Necessity is in recompense (9) 11 One hooked on bars? (10) 12 In Hyderabad, a legume? (3) 14 Criminal snatches item, getting reprimand (12) 18 Unfortunately, I'm too warty to impress old lover, a turn-off (8,4) 21 Mock paper (3) 22 Unsportingly unsporting? (3,7) 25 In list, people may be found (9) 26 Total idiot missing introduction (5) 27 First of patients, moreover, carried by the other make of stretcher (7) 28 In European airport, wine on the counter regulated (7) Down 1 University out of time on brilliant poet (6) 2 Many, for example, feeding cat (6) 3 Plant is expected to hang initially within straggly bower (10) 4 Middle of body approximately below top in theory (5) 5 Lovely flower beds go — is cutting? (9) 6 Sand in bottle (4) 7 Villain or devil incarnate, ultimately infernal (8) 8 Neither won nor lost many — chose randomly (4,4) 13 Fruits served up with very little bread, flowing only somewhat? (4-6) 15 Opposition on the case, punch the air! (6-3) 16 Holding flag up, Australian natives found in honourable retirement (8) 17 Suffering evidence, magistrate lacking in religious education bamboozled (8) 19 Finally, loveless princess put on right slipper? (6) 20 Narrative including header in equaliser, getting level (6) 23 Doctrine was concerned with love, no answer to it (5) 24 Elephants perhaps identified by the ears, they say? (4)
