Crosswords Set by: Paul Saturday 12 November 2016 19.00 EST Prize crossword No 27,040 Print | PDF version | Accessible version Set by: Paul Saturday 12 November 2016 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 26 Across 8 Type of 25 cross, not entirely rejected (8) 9 Scrub over a regular report (6) 10 Time that flies (4) 11 East End houses don't have the credentials to accommodate white 25 (5,5) 12 Disaster — "failure" is another synonym, completely obvious for starters (6) 14 Fine man for philosophy (8) 15 Eternal fool poked by stick with malice in the end (7) 17 25, left defender? (7) 20 Start reviewing it with caveat (8) 22 In goal, attempt catches (6) 23 One going down for a long time, a reviled criminal in prison, is on for release (5,5) 24 A type of 25 in ebbing stream (4) 25 Do what you do endlessly, 17? That's you! (6) 26 25 hasn't uncoiled, moth initially trapped (8) Down 1 Behind barrier, little time to go over it (8) 2 One perhaps eyed second dessert (4) 3 Cutting reserves, a mistake (3-3) 4 Distance across doorstep, perhaps, that's halved (7) 5 Bet party gets seat (8) 6 Unspecified number, crime in the Spanish capital going up, never going down? (10) 7 Bloke captures Aussie native in desert (6) 13 25 that can jump — rating one degree (10) 16 Model son to give father a thrashing? That's about right! (8) 18 Scoundrel I summon up in US car (8) 19 Lift tool, say, the axe (5-2) 21 Keen to bury leak, head-er deleted as sinister (6) 22 Bottom disappearing, the king is upon one! (6) 24 Innermost part of bowel remains clean (4)
