10 March 2016

Crossword by Boffles

Plain Vanilla 5

Across

    1  On the Beaufort Scale, 7 and above (4)

    3  Notorious prison island (8)

    9  Developed the radio telegraph (7)

  10  Question heatedly (5)

  11  It flowed with milk and honey (8,4)

  13  Supposedly, Victoria was not (6)

  15  ‘Unhurt ….. the war of elements, the wreck of matter and the crash of worlds’ Addison (6)

  17  Government employee, not usually naked (5,7)

  20  What your eyelids do when you are sleepy (5)

  21  Sign of somebody who props up the pub bar (4,3)

  22  Mexican hat (8)

  23  Cause of 21ac (4)

 

Down

    1  Hopefully, football managers have one before kick-off (4,4)

    2  Handel’s is famous (5)

    4  Sometimes people do with intent (6)

    5  Said to be the most powerful politician in Europe (6,6)

    6  Edward VII and George V both did in the 20th century (7)

    7  French author and defender of Dreyfus (4)

    8  Steamy historical romance (6,6)

  12  Legal acts (8)

  14  Standard military dress (7)

  16  Weather map line (6)

  18  Theatrical backer (5)

  19  Keats and Shelley both wrote them (4)