This Issue's Puzzle Solutions

March / April 2020

Crossword Page 32

Across

    1    Careless, offhand (6)
    4    Stadium (5)
    8    Excuse (5)
    9    Ordinary, mediocre (7)
    10   Resident of Birmingham (slang) (7)
    11   Add (4)
    12   Perch, squat (3)
    14   Heroic (4)
    15   Cereal, porridge (4)
    18   Belongs to him (3)
    21   Finishes (4)
    23   Disclose, reveal (7)
    25   Gym shoe (7)
    26   Vapour, exhaust (5)
    27   Arrive, get there (5)
    28   Aggravation, difficulty (6)

Down

    1    Tetchy (6)
    2    Ramp used in winter sport (3,4)
    3    Unreasonable, unfair (idiom) (1,3,4)
    4    Elderly (4)
    5    Digital message (5)
    6    Comfortable, relaxed (2,4)
    7    Raises arm in friendly fashion (5)
    13  Back and forth (2,3,3)
    16  Victory (7)
    17  Clown (6)
    19  Frighten (5)
    20  Not as big, smaller (6)
    22  Play, production (5)
    24  2.54cm (4)