6 September 2018
Crossword by Boffles
No.168
Across
1 US winning card who likes to play with clubs (5)
4 Were its gardens full of hanging baskets? (7)
8 Reindeer country (7)
9 Sensitive area of the body that may need girding (5)
10 Vegetarian Scandinavian? (5)
11 A tin opener or smartwatch, for example (6)
13 Used by Scots to wash down deep-fried Mars Bars (3-3)
15 Action plan (6)
18 Old MacDonald or Giles, for example (6)
20 A hurricane is a severe one (5)
22 Ill-starred princess (5)
23 Lord Elgin did not lose his, thank goodness (7)
24 Mother takes in headgear for Gandhi title (7)
25 Common to rivers and bathrooms (5)
Down
1 Vessel with high masts (4,4)
2 Very many result when camel feature loses start and meets a young person (7)
3 Quiet period after war (5)
4 Rotter who makes a poor breakfast (3,3)
5 Tenacious canine (7)
6 Long French river of architectural interest (5)
7 You use your’s to smell the wine’s (4)
12 Hard cheese if there is none on your spaghetti (8)
14 Fortification or defensive wall (7)
16 Silly people make staple food (7)
17 Where you may need a balaclava helmet (6)
19 What dirty hands need (1,4)
20 Woody plant but not a tree (5)
21 Original man (4)
