Across

Press, 26 February 1980, Page 16

Across

7 and 10 Across—Not left out of the race, as it turned out. (2,3, 5) 8— So I let a new order cause detachment. (7) 9— Closely filled powder container. (7) 10— See 7 Across. 12— Little time for the revellers #o come home? (5, 5) 15— A relation revealing some spirit. (5-5) 18— Norse translation of foreign title. (5) 19— See 17 Down. 21— Look a long time for a title. (7) 22— Inclined to be lying. (5) Down 1— Doesn’t convict' but sacks. (10) _ . 2— Most disturbed by a number of particles. (5) 3— Guided by a parent of Helen. (4) 4— The plot is amended for Shakespearian character. (6) 5 — To seize the female in concert. (8) 6— Produces a fabrication, but resolves the quarrej(s, 2) 11— The teacher after a job is a slave driver. (-10) 13— Mail rate revised for this stuff. (8) 14— In opposition to the computer. (7) 16— Bank employee who supplies the account. (6) 17 and 19 Across—Correspondents are academics. (3, 2,7) / - 20— The sort to work as a key operative. (4)

(Solution tomorrow)

Yesterday’s solution

Across: 1, All on edge; 8, Icy; 9, Stand around; 11, Splayed; 12, Allot;. 13, Course; 15, Nevada; 17, Error; 18, Smarten; 20, Explanatory; 22, Oar; .23, So let it be. ■ Down: 2, Let; 3, Noddy; 4, Deride; 5, Fidel Castro; 7, Eye-strain; 10, All quarters; 11* Sacred' Cow; 14, Stripes; 16, Assail; 19, Apart? zlj : Rob, i