Guardian cryptic crossword
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Across 5 Dope with man belonging
1 Bothering with spy? Get to the same family (7)
smart! (9) 6,24 Aunt Sally, say, is per-
9 10 6 Civil war leader rejecting missible target (4,4)
old currency (5) 7 Leading man in a commer-
9 Russian writer tries Latin cial (5)
(5) 8 Fixer mostly protecting
11 12
10 Exercising self-control at criminal (6,3)
home — what’s inside out? 13 Has-been forked out cop-
13
(9) pers? (5,5)
14 15 16 11 Effie is in Sheffield but he 14 Like going over Guardian
is in Manchester (4,6) leaders after a fight with
12 Superstar said to be use- spears (9)
less (4) 16 Lulu is longing to go round
17 18 19
14 One’s taken in edited Madrid at regular intervals
videotape six rejected (7) (9)
15 Nick catches ball (3,4) 18 Minutes taken by old
20 21 22 23 17 Block going backwards soldier, one on parade (7)
and forwards somewhere 19 After-effects not good in
24
in Germany (7) old house (7)
19 Game of hockey, as noted 21 Town in Andalusia strad-
25 26 dling river? Strewth! (5)
initially by US investigator
(7) 23 Crop’s taken up, including
20 Indian VIP has a shock last of summer wine (5)
27 28 when retiring (4) 24 See 6
22 Winged creatures making
No 25,455 set by Orlando mess in France? Canards!
(10)
25 Statesman in government Winners of prize puzzle 25,448
repaired breach (9)
26 Moore’s OK (5)
27 Girl carrying a gun — she’s
heartless (5)
28 Such elements are rather
T P T S A P A B
confused (4,5) O U TW I T T E D H A G U E
I O M E A A O N
Down L AMB E N T MA R QU E Z
1 Soldier wearing coat with E A O A M T
mysterious powers (5) T H I E F S A NMA R I NO
R N I D C F
2 Call at bedtime in lands O N E HU N D R E D Y E A R S
abroad (6,3) L N E V N O
3 In a lonely state one joins L O V E I N T H E P E T A L
clubs providing care (10) I V R R I I
4 Anger with 6 across, C HO L E R A S HO T P U T
O L R C O Z O U
we hear, as a Christmas D R E S S K I D N A P P E D
present (7) E T E S A C E E