Guardian cryptic crossword
1 2 3 4 5 6 Across 5 You’ll find me intro-
7 8 7 No action required ducing very French
about coach reserva- measures (6)
tion (9) 6 Retire an infirm old
9 10 8 Ward off with short- family servant (8)
ened sword held in 11 Woman given note
11
both hands (5) and present (4)
12 13 9 Beer with a head on 15 Second murder results
shows strength (9) in police surveillance
10 Gang leader about — at (5-3)
14 15 16 17 18 large (5) 16 It is found growing
12 Shock for king in bat- next to the trunk (4)
19
tle (6) 18 Dogs sulk with cats
20 21 22 23
13 Regular air service (8) around (8)
14 Maintains a return 19 Chaos caused by nov-
pressure (7) ice in boat (7)
24 25
17 Main drawback away 21 Work on model’s face
from land (7) (6)
20 Girl secures employ- 22 Controlled by banks,
26 27
ment in musical (8) this divides capital (6)
22 Du Maurier’s novel 23 Footsore group of
headgear (6) workers led by block-
No 25,497 set by Rufus 24 Moved quickly in field head (6)
exercise (5) Winners of prize puzzle 25,490
25 Robust form of corpo-
ral punishment (9)
26 Contract — there could
be money in it! (5)
27 Enter into arrange- MOU L D E R C O R R E C T
ment for storage (9) M U X G P E I
P I M P P S Y C HO P A T H
Down C
D R O
I L
NGO A N
N I U A
T I B OD Y
1 Court card? (6) O D E E L E
I N C I D E N C E B I B L E
2 Try hard to get free N O S
labour (8) A B A C I EMP A T H I S E
3 Decorative wood, but R U D A R H
MA N B OO B S MA R R OW
likely to be cracked (6) I A G T I E T
4 It’s sweet, I observe, B L I T H E R I N G MA G I
L O N A E I U
and round (7) D E G R A D E P R E T E N D