The Sunday Crossword No. 3072

November 02, 2019 04:07 pm | Updated 04:07 pm IST

Across

1 Saint to make holy, solemn film (7,5)

9 Amateur catered poorly, without cold bubbly (7)

10 In audition, one needing a coat? (7)

11 Norwegian with complaint: menu lacking cover (5)

12 Occasionally switch options (3,3,2)

14 Avoid school of tuna raptly swimming (4,6)

15 Frank force-fed regularly (4)

17 Topless undergarment is kind of current (4)

19 As one who adores setters may be heard to say somewhere along the Thames (4,2,4)

21 Gossip from speech by Monty Python performer? (4,4)

23 ‘Policy change? Terribly untrue (mostly)!’ (1-4)

25 English in ground, exercising to gain experience (7)

26 Competitive clergyman getting tense (3-4)

27 Wise, large QI host, British icon, is a sizzler (4-3,5)

Down

2 Cathar is sanctimoniously offering oily concoction (7)

3 The Gallic metal corroded, like the Roman (8)

4 Chances of dad dancing slim... to begin with (4)

5 Grand old organ on German novel (10)

6 Kleptomaniac craftily concealing capital (5)

7 Country dancing: cure suppressing troubles (7)

8 Hype practically non-stop over Tyneside Olympian (8,4)

9 Exchange about privies to be seen as premature (1,3,8)

13 Lords’ feuds erupted in city on the Rhine (10)

16 One bet gets you tingling (8)

18 Crazy daughter escaped (7)

20 Prepare for reproduction old version of Bible, omitting Genesis at beginning (7)

22 Number provided by Support, ringing Personnel (5)

24 Primarily: sing crazily, absent text? (4)

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