22 November 2018
Crossword by Boffles
No.179
Across
1 Ab(l)e Trump predecessor (7)
5 Computer break-ins by uninspired journos? (5)
8 Tedious task that can be patriotic (5)
9 Ladies man (3,4)
10 Approved if given this (3)
11 How you end up if you lack will (9)
12 Contrive from a western viewpoint (6)
14 A king’s requires big bucks (6)
17 Film produced in-house? (4,5)
18 Ship preserver and seaman (3)
19 Red and white watering hole (4,3)
20 Gay island formed when zodiac sign loses grain (5)
21 Dish that can be Russian or Greek (5)
22 Pakistani city (7)
Down
1 Present good fortune and besieged Indian city (7)
2 Black mark to use it (1-4)
3 Schiller wrote one to joy (3)
4 Preferred state of naturists (6)
5 Gentlemen seal a deal with it (9)
6 Predatory female cats of a certain age? (7)
7 Nous is the common variety (5)
11 Pakistani city (9)
13 Token existing in name only (7)
15 Is the three- …….. lunch a thing of the past? (7)
16 Composer from the New World? (6)
17 Sells birds of prey (5)
18 Subject of conversation or debate (5)
20 Dog of a dog (3)
