Crosswords Set by: Hectence Sat 25 May 2024 19.00 EDT Quiptic crossword No 1,279 Print | Accessible version Set by: Hectence Sat 25 May 2024 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 28 Across 1 Unpleasant film about posh college boy’s surrender (7) 5 Consolidate agreement (7) 9 Gets out by cutting loose ties (5) 10 Went quiet when thrashed in competition (7,2) 11 Doctor honoured fee, reduced for time of crisis (4,2,4) 12 Old American tattooist on radio? (4) 14 List each time scrap’s put on dumper lorry (6,5) 18 Planned camping by lake on Scottish island (11) 21 Break into computer of poor journalist (4) 22 X axis range’s big when detailed (10) 25 Delighted by cockapoo running around hotel (4-1-4) 26 Brief journal that is describing concept (5) 27 Supplies back up with very naughty son (7) 28 Flower acquires good height without effort (7) Down 1 Supporters on course upset over man in rage (6) 2 Exclusive group’s intelligence collected in evidence (6) 3 Hunk endlessly showing off’s ignoring the spirit of the game (10) 4 Business breaks embargo to get cured meat (5) 5 Prepared clean home for reptile (9) 6 Note setter’s method (4) 7 Making sense of a complicated pudding (6,2) 8 Nothing wrong with high targets? (3,5) 13 Outstanding, however victory’s overshadowed by own goal (5,5) 15 Roux heartily tucked into poisson, potentially toxic (9) 16 Thing to shift cold: a paracetamol initially and something warm to wear in bed (8) 17 Stand firm with exhausted teams over race vehicle (5,3) 19 Finally where to find a shoe mender? (2,4) 20 Dozy fish turned up on top of pond with young (6) 23 Drive anxious mile to secure parking (5) 24 Wear out old horse (4)
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