This week, my good friend shares one of his entertaining cryptics with us.
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD PUZZLE #3
Print and solve at your leisure.
| Across 1. Leave a group no turning back (7) 5. Ice club rent a section of the office (7) 9. As Roman as a propeller on a trireme (7) 10. Modern beverage concocted for folk festival (7) 11. Shipping concern downsizes sail (5) 12. Move around citadel in uniform (9) 13. In a bad way take too much debt on the sly (8) 15. Parts of locks are snake filled (5) 16. Protection from financial loss is advantage after last crash (5) 18. The ideal type of piano with a superlative finish (8) 22. Whack tube to remove pancake ingredient (9) 23. Pitched garden utensil reappears (5) 24. Speak to commercial outfit (7) 25. German party time from Auschlöc to Berlin (7) 26. Pinches cuts (7) 27. Transports fifty to the border captured by SS (7) |
Down 1. A drunken broad is on the wagon (6) 2. I heard a stupid dolt (7) 3. Gets rid of unsightly places (5) 4. Amahs return to house in Nanking (7) 5. Gable girl interrupts call to factory (7) 6. Captivated by the rising Web and itched to get on (9) 7. Coffe, tea or milk alternatives (7) 8. Praises former spouse before payments (7) 14. Crush lawless leader and whomever (9) 16. Pub cash squandered for decorative covers (7) 17. A spy at times makes a buck catching fish (7) 18. Easy word makes things run more smoothly (7) 19. Some attractions result in lawsuits (7) 20. Smooth back talk used as a defense (7) 21. Loves it when the warlord holds a party (6) 23. Let it go to Her Royal Highness (5) |
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