5 July 2018
Crossword by Boffles
No. 161
Across
1 Germanic Caesar
3 Computer burglar (6)
8 Open her box at your peril (7)
10 Enter at speed for a clash (3-2)
11 Land of the Pharaohs (5)
12 Hunter’s cry when quarry spotted (5-2)
13 Coral structure off Australia (7,4)
18 Beautiful region a cause of friction between India, Pakistan and China (7)
20 Desert water hole unless it is a mirage (5)
22 People that combines with Caicos for a group of islands (5)
23 Thai cat (7)
24 French painter with a dark side to him? (6)
25 To do so to the mark is to commit yourself (4,2)
Down
1 Herring that has had a smoke (6)
2 Classier than a pub ? (3)
4 Month with a Fool’s Day (5)
5 Family and car part for Scottish peninsula (7)
6 Paid to get someone released (6)
7 Combat uniform for ladies? (11)
9 Cockney warmer for water-loving mammal (5)
14 Unsuccessful racehorse (4-3)
15 Read this to reprimand severely (4,3)
16 Performs on ice (6)
17 How we spend a third of our life apparently (6)
19 Mother’s artificial intelligence forms a tribe (5)
21 Do you clean up if you win the office one? (5)
