The Guardian Weekly

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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