Across: 8 So (SO-) it’s on foot (-LACE) if that’s any consolation (SOLACE), 9 Tough (HARD) stud (TACK) gets the biscuit at sea (HARDTACK), 10 Sounds like he’s looking over town (mayor = MARE) that’s beastly (MARE), 11 Get a …
Across: 8 No holding it together (BREAKAGE) number of years (-AGE) after downing tools (BREAK-), 9 Tear into (ASSAIL) what’s worthless in this we hear (worth less in a sale = ASSAIL), 10 A (A-) police department (-CID-) I see …
Across: 1 Be on your toes working at bar (BALLET SLIPPER), 10 Performer (ARTISTE) reinterprets a sitter (a sitter = ARTISTE), 11 Way of painting (TEMPERA) causes a tantrum (a temper = TEMPERA), 12 Let someone use (LEND) what’s union …
Across: 1 It’s the little bits (RAGS) of reading, writing and arithmetic (three Rs = R-S) that hold the silver (-AG-), 4 Gets delivery of paper (SUBSCRIBER) from B&B (-B-B-) on cruisers (cruisers =SU-SCRI-ER), 9 Copper (CU-) has fee (-RATE) …
Across: 1 They’re in control (GOVERNMENT) in the house (GOVERNMENT) 6 I (I) leave the country (SPAiN) for a length of time (SPAN), 10 Infectious viral (POLIO) played without one (polio – I) on horseback (POLO), 11 It’s happening but …
Across: 1 Bootlegging (PIRACY) private investigator (PI-) comes across what’s showing spirit (-RACY), 4 Won’t change opinion (OBDURATE) at our bed (at our bed = OBDURATE) 9 It’s safe (SECURE) to look (SE-E) over the mutt (-CUR-), 10 Not annoyed …
Across: 8 Make a hash of (BUNGLE) giving bribe (BUNG-) to French (-LE), 9 They’re on the run (ATHLETES) with steel (steel = – LETES) hat (hat = ATH-), 10 All right to say (OKAY) to come around (O-) before …
Across: 8 Certain to finish (-SURE) after such a request (PLEA-) with satisfaction (PLEASURE), 9 Clare (CE-) in the end gets genuinely (-REAL) corny (CEREAL), 10 Please turnaround (please = ASLEEP) when unconscious (ASLEEP), 11 They get hurt (FEELINGS get …
Across: 1 Bars (COURTS) marshal we hear (marshal = MARTIAL) from trying for the army (COURTS-MARTIAL), 10 Street (-ST-) with nothing (-O-) for the wealthy (-RICH) will never take off (OSTRICH), 11 Not altogether in the end (NOT = -NTO) …
Across: 8 Bit of a blow (SNEEZE) wasn’t entirely expected (SNEEZE), 9 A barman perhaps (SON IN LAW) close to the family (SON-IN-LAW), 10 Don’t you believe him (LIAR) if he returns by rail (RAIL = LIAR), 11 Talk the …
Across: 1 It’s not the same (DIFFERENCE) if this separates men and women (DIFFERENCE), 6 Clumsy people (OAFS = SOFA) are all arms and legs (SOFA), 10 Five (V-) is (-IS-) as (-AS) good a way as any to get …
Across: 1 In South Pacific (TAHITI) it (IT = T-I) has the makings of a hit (-AHIT-), 4 A sample (SPECIMEN) of growing vermin (MICE = -ECIM-) in small (S-) enclosure (-P-EN), 9 Some neck (neck = NEC-), say, to …
Across: 8 A verse (ODE-) brings the leaders of secret service (-SS-) to Ukraine (ODESSA), 9 Silly person (LO-ON) is bearing witness (LOOKER-ON) to rebuilt old Greek statue (KORE = -OKER-), 10 Most of the golem (GOLEm = OGLE) doesn’t …
Across: 8 Seana (SEANA = S-A –EAN) and the boy (BOY = -OY B-) get their protein in the Orient (SOYA BEAN), 9 To study a loud (study aloud = READER) is an interest in volume (READER), 10 A sleuth …
Across: 1 Money (CAPITAL) man (FELLOW) is grand chap all right (CAPITAL FELLOW), 10 Get rid (-R-ID-) of nothing (-O-) and it won’t have human touch (ANDROID), 11 Member of assembly (M-LA) has control of presidential home (ÁRAS = ARSA) …
Across: 1 That last remark (PS-) to the saint (-ST) will get your attention (PSST), 4 Let fly with (FIRE) after what’s straight (LINE) in front of (OF) a certain death (LINE OF FIRE), 9 Did Shakespeare say those lads …
Across: 1 He’ll let you down when you’re done for (UNDERTAKER), 6 Have a go (STAB) when holy man (ST-) gets first letters (-AB), 10 At the end of the rule (LINE-) the north (-N) will just have to wear …
Across: 1 When the sun goes down (after Sunday it’s MONDAY) this comes up (after Sunday it’s MONDAY), 4 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 (numbers from 10 to 2 = TEN TO TWO) = 1350 (13.50 …
Across: 8 God (THOR) finds gold (AU) wordsmith (AUTHOR), 9 Pale C, say (Pale C = WHITE SEA) found in 26 across (WHITE SEA found in Russia), 10 Do what someone says (OBEY) and have nothing (O-) to do with …
Across: 8 A start (COMMENCE) for the hundred (C) men (MEN) who come around (come = COM-E), 9 On what basis (REASON) is it about (RE) the offspring? (A SON), 10 Not out (AT HOME) to get a (A-) book …
Across: 1 1pm, 2pm, 3pm (TIME), left, right, left, right (MARCHES ON) to progress steadily onward (TIME MARCHS ON) 10 To say it’s an honour of late from Government is a lie (an honour of the dead from Government is …
Across: 1 It’s issued in the middle of the smorgasbord (smorgASBOrd) order (ASBO: anti-social behaviour order), 4 Rush forward to (CHARGE) what comes in the post (CARD) is plastic (CHARGE CARD), 9 In deed (deed = DE -DE) it’s South …
Across: 1 Swinging time (SUSPENDING) for shaggy cat (PUSS = SUSP-) before closing (-ENDING), 6 Is this lawful (BILL) how the Government passes the buck (BILL) in both Houses? (BILL has to pass both Houses to become law), 10 I’m …
Across: 1 Nothing on this (NUDISM) but skin and bone (NUDISM), 4 Asks a wit (asks a wit = SWASTIKA) for a sign of past times (SWASTIKA), 9 Be on your guard (BEWARE) that the queen (BE-E) has control of …
Across: 8 Little bird (PIE) behind wet clay (MUD) goes down well in Mississippi (MUD PIE), 9 Is this what the earwig (OVERHEAR) said about the GIs, reportedly, once in Britain? (Over here = OVERHEAR) 10 How to start a …
Across: 8 Does this mean below the very bottom (UNDERSEA) or just below (UNDER) the horizon (SEA)? 9 All together (UNISON) it’s the child of the university (UNI-SON), 10 Harbour (MARINA) in (-IN-) Irish Sea (MAR-A), 11 Ted Furey (=DUTY-FREE) …
Across: 1 Paddy Joe (PJ) and Peter James (PJ + PJ = PAIR OF PJs) are not up (in bed) for wearing this (PAIR OF PYJAMAS) 10 Opposed (AGAINST) to saint (-ST) following once more (AGAIN), 11 It puts icing …
