09 March 2017

Crossword by Boffles

 

Plain Vanilla 18

Across

    1  City of Bohemians (6)

    4  Couple famous for eating meat rather than fish (6)

    9  Laddish motoring programme (3,4)

  10  Sought by Arthur’s knights and Monty Python (5)

  11  50-50 odds (5)

  12  The sinful side of the first man (3,4)

  13  Volcanic national park (11)

  18  Group representing leading universities (7)

  20  Italian island home to Tiberius and Gracie Fields among others (5)

  22  Emotional organ (5)

  23  Missiles used to some effect by the Argentinians (7)

  24  US space station (6)

  25  Italian island home to William Walton and, briefly, Ibsen (6)

 

Down

    1  Green club (6)

    2  Fall of one a matter of gravity for Newton (5)

    3  Tool often found in a kitchen (7)

    5  Served by attendants?  No – summoned electronically (5)

    6  His lamp was a work of genius (7)

    7  Classic naval battle without end for a sausage (6)

    8  Influential director and citizen (5,6)

  14  State of euphoria hopefully not substance induced (7)

  15  Powerful and rich businessmen like the Dirty Digger (7)

  16  ‘I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him down the …… of the years;’ – Thompson (6)

  17  Enjoyable rest when things get hot (6)

  19  A run scored even though the batsman did not hit the ball (5)

  21  The best is always mother’s apple (3)