18 October 2018
Crossword by Boffles
No.174
Across
1 Appetite stimulant (8)
6 An eagle or a birdie is better (3)
8 The Bolsheviks’ least favourite cocktail? (5,7)
9 See what that son of a bitch has made me do! (3)
10 Mom’s signature dish? (5,3)
12 Before the last big fight (3-3)
14 Likes to bare their essentials (6)
16 Carpenter’s mate (6)
18 Windy blast when enthusiasm loses nothing (4)
20 Boost from an injection (4,2,3,3)
22 Bonfire man (3)
23 Weedy caveman? (8)
Down
2 Shellfish lose right to become minor players (5)
3 Colourful phenomenon in the sky (7)
4 Treasury of words (9)
5 Sounds like an airborne illness (3)
6 Law-enforcement group formed when drink loses time (5)
7 Available cash (7)
11 Central American solar topee (6,3)
13 Greedy motorist (4,3)
15 Canine degree produces unchallengeable belief (5)
17 Have another go (5)
19 Bloody battle (5)
21 Doze off during a card game? (3)
