18 August 2016

Crossword by Boffles

The US of A

Across

    6  Paternal early settler unlikely to have approved of 22ac (7,6)

    8  When it happened in famous Gable/Colbert romcom (3,5)

    9  Gym’s off?  Negative (4)

  10  It’s a grand place for these geographical features (7)

  12  Two short doctors, second one English, for very rich rapper (2,3)

  14  A name of Gatsby author (5)

  16  Legendary Indian opponents there, not shoddy builders (7)

  19  The Preminger who directed 22ac in ‘River of No Return’ (4)

  20  Gambling Mecca (3,5)

  22  Blonde preferred by many gentlemen (7,6)

 

Down

    1  He ran away with Tom Sawyer (4)

    2  Organisation for gathering intelligence centrally (6)

    3  Shoot! – such a large problem created by their love of them (3,4)

    4  Classic campus novel or pothead? Take your pick (6)

    5  No cucumber sandwiches at this Boston gathering (3,5)

    7  Some wonder whether it will suffer the same one as Rome (4)

  11  Island prison often filmed (8)

  13  They play at being dead (7)

  15  Seems you are worthless if you only have 25 cents (3-3)

  17  747-787 -will their next model be a 797? (6)

  18  Clock hanging Harold and silent movie star (5)

  21  Mafia families have an academic at their head? (1,3)