Crossword 15,507 Set by Goliath
ACROSS
1 An easy job at home with safe
surround (8)
5 Criminal bit? (6)
9Expecting to be quietly in
power (8)
10Mark Twain’s opener in a letter
(6)
12 Heritage provides low return in
relish manufacture (9)
13 For a start, some like Bob
Marley (5)
14, 21 It could be a penchant for
the final performance (4,4)
16 Smutty broadcast may be time
for covering of the ears (7)
19 Saw somebody wandering in
empty pub (7)
21 See 14
24Some music for the priest, as a
rule (5)
25Speaking against Cornish food
and nibbles (9)
27, 28 Ref begins manoeuvres
round Tyneside match to get
perks (6,8)
29Morgan may be coughing (6)
30Quarrel with miser to produce
advertisement (8)
DOWN
1 Originally, such a poet penned
homosexual odes (6)
2Playing next, Lionheart: find
another way out! (2,4)
3, 20 Craft a well-worn jacket for
Spooner (5,4)
4Continue supporting managed
capital (7)
6Note for an extraordinary PM
(9)
7Gift ideas, perhaps, but not a
drink (8)
8Reckless person’s rip-off? (8)
11 Man may turn up in Helsinki
(4)
15 Not the best time for revelry
for little Philip Green perhaps?
(9)
17 Particular sci-fi production
featuring The Rise Of Porcino
(8)
18 Won’t breaking into a little
money lead to a period of rest?
(8)
20See 3
21 Drunkard present and that’s
the end of it (2,5)
22Help musician to drop the intro
(6)
236 18 is “essential to the
bourgeoisie” – Stalin (6)
26Beg pusher (5)
Copies of How to Sound Clever by Hubert van
den Bergh and So You Think You Can Spell by
David L. Grambs and Ellen S. Levine, published by
A&C Black, will be awarded to the senders of the
first three correct entries opened on Wednesday
April 5. Entries marked Crossword 15,507 on the
envelope, should be sent to Weekend FT, One
Southwark Bridge, London SE1 9HL. Solution on
April 8.
Jotter pad
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