CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

WIN! A $50 GIFT CARD

A $50 gift card goes to the first correct entry opened for Barbara Brown’s Weekend Prize Crossword. Email answers to cryptic@stuff.co.nz. The competition closes at noon on Friday and the solution will be published next week.

WINNER

of the $50 voucher for crossword 743 on January 14 is Dorothy Brown from Christchurch. Congratulations, Dorothy.

CROSSWORD SOLUTION 744 Across:

1 Tramps, 4 Wooded, 8 Up to now, 9 Hemlock, 11 Act the goat, 12 Gasp, 13 Sadhu, 14 Relation, 16 Beriberi, 18 Guise, 20 Clod, 21 Correspond, 23 Ripping, 24 Pit-stop, 25 Echoes, 26 Adhere.

Down:

1 Topic, 2 Adopted, 3 Procedure, 5 Overt, 6 Delight, 7 Duck-shove, 10 Courtiers, 13 Shellfire, 15 Lag behind, 17 In-depth, 19 Impasse, 21 Canoe, 22 Noose. 745 //

The mole admits everyone that’s more friendly (7)

7 Steal the Spanish and South American coins (7)

10 Pirate, upset at losing a type of dish (5)

11 The Queen interrupted the man and one escort (9)

12 Opening letter (7)

13 Tries to cool it but messes it up? (5,2)

14 Harass and mess about with a novel hero (5,6)

19 One in the dock is a ground breaker (7)

21 Eleven intercepted the eastern nice guy, it’s urgent (7)

23 Given the job and mimicked holding the tip (9)

25 Style of type used in Tonkinese rifles (5)

26 Schoolboy truant behind the back of the bus gets to show off (7)

27 Alas, you and I hold nothing but one shilling and men, briefly (3,2,2)

ACROSS 6

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Angle after an apartment, it could be a fluke (8)

2 Swimwear in the Marshall Islands (6)

3 The tradesman is a real friend over the hen (10)

4 A Peruvian appeared in the curtain call (4)

5 Solemn about citrus fruits (6)

6 Dad left with fashionable fabric (6)

8 The foolish person holds her smoke (7)

9 Catches a whiff of money on board (6)

13 An animal with serious damage to the legs is analysed (6-4)

15 Phone about a fish that’s spinning (7)

16 Sounds ironic, marijuana could be considered fodder (8)

17 Mists the bouquets (6)

18 The horse’s joint itself is damaged (6)

20 Harp on about Harry Potter perhaps (6)

22 Children start to shoulder the problems (6)

24 It’s in to betray and it’s back to retreat (4)

DOWN 1