The Sunday Crossword

Last Week’s Solution

Updated - October 18, 2016 12:48 pm IST

Across

1 Depict stern problem (8)

5 List of charges made by revolutionary artist in quarrel (6)

10 Head off in area covered with trees and everything (9)

11 Contradict opinion lacking force (5)

12 Delight about honour and support for hotel worker (11)

15 Current appeal about election’s first posted by Democrat (7-3)

16 Total love for wrestling (4)

18 Time needed by mimic to make record (4)

19 Attractive quality in crowd containing alien element (10)

21 Silly distortion of online scans (11)

24 Home movie’s last part lacking skill (5)

25 Nervous on airing composition initially devoid of life (9)

26 Understand article in newspaper after reflection (6)

27 Island’s sound central element (8)

Down

1 Remove act, very loud (4)

2 Right in strange way? Wrong (4)

3 Symbol in music book linked to scales played with frequency (4,4)

4 Typical letter, one with endless criticism (14)

6 Gold, smart colour (6)

7 Cross I drew, covering boundaries of London airport (3-7)

8 Rodent filmed swimming on river (5,5)

9 Vegetable oil back here got recycled (5,9)

13 Cheerful deputy, good and honest (10)

14 New study breaking dictator down (10)

17 Very bad times for small communities (8)

20 Calm people agree (6)

22 Open ground occupied in part (4)

23 Hour in great discomfort (4)

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