21 March 2019

Crossword by Boffles

No.194

Across

    1  Musical identifier (9,4)

    8  Is it a big game for them to search for game? (7)

    9  Remove trousers against their wearer’s will (5)

  10  The Chancellor’s domain (8)

  12  Ease off about fast period (6)

  13  Wrote a magical piece for the flute (6)

  16  Marsh plant now on menus (8)

  18  Mature for eating (5)

  20  Lack of entertainment unpopular with restaurants? (2-5)

  22  Assists family planning (13)

 

Down

    1  Left a symphony unfinished (8)

    2  Not a common soldier (7)

    3  Precedes Maria in prayer (3)

    4  Coat worn by Orangemen? (6)

    5  Lighthouse that stands on a whirlpool rock? (9)

    6  Colour created when anaesthetic lacks beginning (5)

    7  Nervous about being avant-garde? (4)

  10  Can be key in the kitchen (3,6)

  11  What an understudy does (6,2)

  14  Kind of knowledge that derives from deduction (1,6)

  15  Easy meal (6)

  17  Reptile cut short (4)

  19  20ac or 21dn, for example (3)

  21  Used to hit a dolt on the head? (3)