7 July 2016

Crossword by Boffles

Some Comic Relief

Across

    7  Warmly received film about a transgender band (4,4,2,3)

    8  Somebody who enjoys himself enthusiastically (8)

    9  ‘The more . …. of men, the more I like dogs’   Mme Roland (0,1,3)

  10  Earthy rule requires that your toast will always land on the floor jam-side down (4,3)

  12  Common to bowlers and PR people (1,4)

  14  Add colour to this snake for a devious comic character (5)

  16  His holiday was disastrous like M. Hulot’s (2,4)

  18  What a stand-up 6n will often do and the Beatles did magically (4)

  19  To be resisted by Dad’s Army (8)

  22  A 6dn with a Civil Service background? (4,9)

 

Down

    1  US 6dn often on the road (4)

    2  Headgear symbolic of the French (6)

    3  Hides the naughty bits (3,4)

    4  Defeats his feline opponent with cunning (5)

    5  Comic ones do not involve disrobing (6)

    6  Peter Kay or Tony Hancock, for example (8)

  11  Deceased animal swallower (3,5)

  13  Goldie Hawn took the name ‘Benjamin ‘ and this rank in a box office hit (7)

  15  When Archimedes said this, they replied ‘ You don’t smella so good yourself’ (6)

  17  Such an opera will be and have a happy ending (5)

  20  Entertainment district which does cater for disrobing (4)

  21  Sailed away for a year and a day with a companion (3)