27 September 2018
Crossword by Boffles
No.171
Across
1 Type of pies favoured by 16dn (7)
5 What his mother called Hitler (5)
8 Aged invoice and law enforcer (3,4)
9 The Thames and the Severn are (5)
10 Chair transport requiring two porters (5)
11 A red one can mislead (7)
12 Do you need to know your’s before cooking? (6)
14 Marco Polo’s destination (6)
17 Fortress occupying the high ground (7)
19 Spanish river makes wine with German agreement (5)
22 Heraldic blue (5)
23 How one talks with a mouthful of moulded pancakes? (7)
24 Do they always split the bill? (5)
25 What you may need to do to the pill to get it down (7)
Down
1 Can be licked before they are eaten (5)
2 Supported in a dispute (5)
3 Papal city with an inadequate bridge (7)
4 Seat of oracle prone to ambiguity (6)
5 May be a bit of a ham (5)
6 Peculiar person not in the swim? (3,4)
7 US seasonal chap takes the blame (4,3)
12 Fruit and nut producer (7)
13 How property can be held to avoid the taxman and spendthrift heirs (2,5)
15 Insignificant pudding (1,6)
16 Laughable circus performers (6)
18 100 yard sprint takes in English for terrorist group (5)
20 Young hooter (5)
21 Crime committed when Reverend has no quiet (5)