CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
7. Gulp down bird (7)
9. Unwell but yes, on top! (5)
10. Compare 51 to Ken (5)
11. Disraeli loses head for one from Tel Aviv (7)
12. We hear third letter of ocean (3)
13. Implication of sound following six deliveries (8)
16. Crazy ape goes after baby bird’s legume (8)
17. Bow down to fellow (3)
19. Bullfighter drama to play out (7)
21. Part of pie and extremes of cheese (5)
22. Poison metal covering ox (5)
23. To hospital rooms, or in the direction of (7)
DOWN
1. Rubbish to be less wasteful? (7)
2. Reaction is to support whip (8)
3. Supporter eats left of tart (4)
4. A treetop movement in musical drama (8)
5. Flame left out celebrity (4)
6. Sneaky lie-in for Ms Minogue (5)
8. Casper the Friendly Ghost gets thinner! (5,6)
13. Ring accident doesn’t start going west (8)
14. Aristocratic painting shows boxing (5,3)
15. Side by side with a chest (7)
18. Leaves out when badly moist (5)
20. Paint exterior revealing some writing (4)
21. Hock chess piece (4)
SUDOKU
Fill in the blank squares with the numbers 1 to 9 so that each row, each column and each smaller 3x3 block contains all the numbers from 1 to 9.
THIS WEEK’S BIG CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Flour sifter
4. Star of Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, … L Jackson
8. Gesturing farewell, … goodbye
12. Swerves
16. Bored and dispirited
18. Shared out again, … wealth
19. Thorny climber with bright flowers
21. The Greatest Showman star, … Williams
23. Stretch of land
24. Unconventional humour
26. Charges, lawyers’ …
28. Proposed spot
31. Main heart artery
32. Australian banyan tree, Moreton Bay …
34. Most unfavourable,
