June 11, 2008

2:27pm Thursday 12th June 2008

Solutions

ACROSS
1 Bustle.
(two meanings)
3 Colossus.
CO+LOSS+US
8 Stalin.
STA(L)IN
10 Contract.
(two meanings)
12 Big cheese.
BIG+CHE+ESE (see anag.)
13 Enema.
E+NEMA (name anag.)
14 Disingenuous.
DIS+INGENUOUS (Sid rev.)
18 Black Panther.
BLACK+PAN+THE+R
21 Quasi.
QU+A+S+I
22 Stripling.
STRIP+LING
24 Implicit.
I+MP+LICIT
25 Gretna.
GRET(N)A (great anag.)
26 Yielding.
(two meanings)
27 Let out.
(two meanings)

DOWN
1 Busybody.
BUS+Y+BODY
2 Leith.
(anag.)
4 On ones uppers.
(anag.)
5 On the turn.
ON+THE+TURN
6 Stayer.
STAY+ER
7 Satrap.
SA(T)RAP (paras rev.)
9 August.
(two meanings)
11 Repercussion.
(anag.)
15 Nullified.
NU(LLIF+I)ED (nude anag. & Phil hom. rev.)
16 Theist.
THE+IST
17 Fragrant.
F+RA+GRANT
19 Equity.
(two meanings)
20 Dapple.
D+APPLE
23 Puree.
(hidden)