16 July 2015

Crossword by Boffles

Europe

 

Across

    1  Curtain which fell after WW2 (4)

    3  Final ditch would-be immigrants from Africa need to cross (3,3)

    8  Napoleon or Charlemagne for example (7)

    9  The first European Community concerned coal and this (5)

  10  France and Germany like to consider they form this kind of circle (5)

  11  As regards the EU, Finland is but not Switzerland (7)

  13  What de Gaulle said in response to the UK’s first application to join (3)

  14  Not in Europe but it was the top of the agenda (5)

  18  Some feel that it would be best to do this to the Greek ship of state (4,3)

  20  Final one associated with capital city (5)

  21  Predecessor of the EU (3)

  23  According to these polls, Brexit is a possibilty (7)

  24  One-time Austro-Hungarian port and free state now subject to Rome (7)

  25  Garden of England (4)

 

Down

    1  Peninsula containing two EU countries (6)

    2  Eurosceptics are of the European dream (9)

    4  State where Frankfurt is (5)

    5  To whom the Sun said ‘ Up yours” (6)

    6  Is the ERM one for the Eurozone? (3,3)

    7  Keystone of the EEC (12)

  12  Saucy French provincial (9)

  15  EU country (6)

  16  The Greeks did not but it did not make any difference what they said (6)

  17  Father of the European Community (6)

  19  Angela speaks, Europe does this (5)

  22  Middle letter of Greek ‘no’ (3)