June 25, 2008

11:44am Friday 27th June 2008

Solutions

ACROSS
1 Own goal.
OWN+GOAL
5 Bear pit.
BEAR+P+IT
9 Penalty.
(two meanings)
10 Close-in.
(two meanings)
11 Sheerness.
SHEER+NESS
12 Erato.
ERA+TO
13 Ranch.
RAN+CH
15 On the mend.
ON+THE+MEN+D
17 Cast an eye.
CAST+A+N+EYE (I hom.)
19 Tabor.
T(A+B)OR
22 Chess.
CHES+S
23 Put across.
PUT+A+CROSS
25 Indiana.
I+N+DIANA
26 Charged.
CHARGE+D
27 Garotte.
GAROT(T)E (toerag anag.)
28 Strange.
(two meanings)

DOWN
1 Opposer.
(anag.)
2 Nankeen.
NAN+KEEN
3 Ogler.
O(G)LER (role anag.)
4 Lay before.
LA+Y+BEFORE
5 Bucks.
(two meanings)
6 Atonement.
A+TONE+MENT (note anag. & meant hom.)
7 Presage.
PR+E+SAGE
8 Tangoed.
TANG+OED (gnat rev.)
14 Head start.
HEAD+START
16 The sticks.
(two meanings)
17 Cycling.
C(Y+C)LING
18 Spender.
SP+END+ER (PS rev.)
20 Blowgun.
BLOW+GUN
21 Rushdie.
RUSH+DIE
23 Prate.
P(RAT)E (art anag.)
24 Chair.
CH(A)IR (Rich anag.)

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