Crossword No. 997 by Revd John H Moore
Posted: 25 Feb 2009 @ 00:00
Across
1 Writer has one last letter sent to journalist (10)
6 Insect used to be quiet (4)
10 Tarmac I’ve prepared for a cleric (4,5)
11 Moulds possibly created if gun is discharged (5)
12 Titchmarsh grasps bedraggled rose — not English and not a winner! (4,3)
13 Lodgings in Paris are just the ticket (6)
15 Quote from illicit eavesdropping (4)
16 Collection of writings used in ‘urbi et orbi’ blessings (5)
17 Return blow — that’s normal (3)
19 Sounds like lopsided cereal! (3)
20 Sheet of oil broken up (5)
21 Courage to pull back before the start of sinning (4)
23,5 Down Store area vandalised (4,2,3)
25 Bitterness of Honduran courgettes (7)
26 Hurry, running in heats (5)
27 Sinner had upset council (9)
28 Aroma, it’s said, can make one ecstatic (4)
29 We sling hen around (3,7)
Down
1 Man following a saint — or following the devil? (6)
2 Turn out of craft rising above north steeple (9)
3 Heads offering logical proposition (7)
4 American company underwritten by consortium of Laban with Uriel and Ulla initially (10)
5 See 23 Across
7 Cancel reform of LA nun (5)
8 Fast runner, first to last (8)
9 Service outside the rink? (6)
14 Loathing disorderly leader of commandoes near Horeb (10)
17 Raise lid and decant primaries of rosebud infusion into fragrant mixture (3-6)
18 Report of rifts (8)
20 Beget confessor? (6)
21 Plant traps over almost half of England (7)
22 Bishop managed church, resulting in division (6)
24 Aid to fiddling used during Nero’s inferno (5)
27 Girl to take to court? (3)