Quick crossword no 12,956
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Across 12 Siege (8)
1 Carried out completely 15 Speak boastfully (7)
and carefully (8) 16 Helplessly drunk (slang)
5 Moby Dick’s pursuer (4) (6)
9 Plunder (5) 18 Fully enough (5)
10 Smart alec (4-3) 19 Type of nail (4)
11 Exchange experiences
(7,5)
13 Relating to the lower
spine (6)
14 Large bottle in a
protective container — by
Cora (anag) (6)
17 Type of sofa (6,6)
20 Assign to a job (7)
21 Bury (5)
22 Former British PM —
unspoilt paradise (4)
23 Put in a difficult position
(8)
Solution no 12,955
Down C O C O N U T S H Y
D A O A A E
1 Beginner (4)
R O S E H I P S C A L D
2 Not at one’s best (3,4) E E O L H V I
3 The art of maintaining an A P S E F E C K L E S S
advantage over someone D M S E H P
(3-9) L E N T I L I N C O M E
4 Small motor-racing O I C G T N
vehicle (2-4) C A P E H O R N P A S S
6 Earth (anag) (5) K P I A G P A
7 Big, round, hard S T I N G T E A C H E R
peppermint (5,3) E A I L I Y
8 Puma (8,4) G R A N D S T A N D