The Weekly cryptic
No 28,574
By Qaos
Across
1 Old lecturer enters competition with
authority (6)
4 Joker breaks into school for change (6)
9 Egypt is regularly overturning complaint (4) 10 A fake prophecy: ‘Earth’s lost metal’ – it’s
doubtful (10)
11 Text about new hit fashions (6)
12 English bowler moves around leg – wicket
falls! (8)
13 Is footballer blocking Everton’s last delivery?
(9)
15 Drunk hides whiskey in study (4)
16 Following kick-off, running back for corner (4) 17 Work in bed? Initially, employer to play along
(9)
21 Animated figure’s bearing American god (8) 22 In speech ex-PM beguiles table (6)
24 Perhaps email in the latest style? (4-6)
25 Type of film only showing in visible and
ultraviolet light? (4)
26 Fancy pheromone contains secret message
(6)
27 Timid setter’s crossing river (6)
Down
1 Turkish delight at last – after starter of olives,
am not upset! (7)
2 Spy gets kind of crimson once cover’s blown
(5)
3 Singer Moyet left first to hide one love affair
(7)
5 Line in what you’re reading to classes (6)
6 Lift prize cup of the highest quality (3-6)
7 Listen to the end of our bust-up in anger (4,3) 8 Second chicken drinks beer on top of barn for
encouragement … (6-7) 14 … as Goldberg and sheep celebrate raucously
(5,2,2)
16 Ozone damaged, I see, by this age (7)
18 Pepper pot shaken over fried carbon-free
mince (7)
19 Cambridge college’s uprising – can I go
outside? (7)
20 Unscramble what Enigma produced? (6)
23 Cheers when husband quits and fails badly (5)
Diversions
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