Crosswords Set by: Vulcan Sun 28 Jun 2020 19.00 EDT Cryptic crossword No 28,172 Print | PDF version | Accessible version Set by: Vulcan Sun 28 Jun 2020 19.00 EDT Download the Guardian app for a better puzzles experience Download the Guardian app for a better puzzles experience Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Across 9 Needing support, being half unpinned (3-6) 10 Behave badly, as a court's risen (3,2) 11 Aggressive music links criminal groups and army (7) 12 Argued shiftily about pressure to improve (7) 13 Valueless river? (4) 14 One suggesting to settle area away from the coast (10) 16 Puzzle no more? (7) 17 Whiskey for French royalty (7) 19 Unedifying attitude that may set teeth on edge (4,6) 22 Bird tucked into garibaldi biscuit (4) 24 One barely attends to the flock (7) 25 His law I translated into a foreign language (7) 26 Vessel from which a thousand eat (5) 27 Popular girl breaking into number in which all join (9) Down 1 In the interests of virtue, I'm getting impatient (3,8,4) 2 Poet's game said to be taking place (8) 3 Unthinkable, a short part for the lead (5) 4 Virginian regularly picking up formal clothes for a saint (8) 5 Commercial deserved tweak (6) 6 Such a dog may be put down as hairy (9) 7 From nothing, a power unit raised capital (6) 8 To try new activities somehow was depressing? No (6,4,5) 15 System of rule in chaos — go charily (9) 17 Unfinished game receives not so much approval (8) 18 One's rung Robert, not yet eighteen (3,5) 20 Familiar with being roughly ousted (4,2) 21 Not safe in a tight skirt (2,4) 23 Obese Bert bringing about demise (5)
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