| CRYPTIC NO. 55 |
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| ACROSS 1 Newspaper credits Ottawa founder with initial laws in East, South. (7) 5 Makes formal request to have me divide fruit. (7) 9 Bit of bourbon always ripens drinks. (9) 10 Hindu teacher took a dip with me. (5) 11 Individual performances are the same either way. (5) 12 Circus performer at Israeli mixer. (9) 13 Mothers prepared lunch container. (7) 15 Going the wrong way about healthy start, having place for cigarettes. (7) 17 Part of book about fool's transition. (7) 19 Born with defects, trio of children have breathing tubes. (7) 21 Condiment gets bar in print again. (9) 23 Explode with anger, uptight display. (5) 24 Nosy Liberal leader going after space agency. (5) 25 Unfinished fruit & tuna thrown by ape. (9) 26 Prom-goers chiefly rent small suits. (7) 27 Characters saunter off. (7) |
| DOWN 1 Care for children has unending depth, in part. (7) 2 Left eleven somehow on ship, with calmness. (9) 3 Drug cops raced back to initial crime scene. (5) 4 Indicates jargon is making a comeback. (7) 5 The Spanish leave continent for European country. (7) 6 Corrupt Thai cop is a nut. (9) 7 Irish group back in from Tehran. (5) 8 Cunning about slang isn't good. (7) 14 Lamb least fitting as spaghetti topping. (9) 16 Writer doesn't begin to have raw material for headhunter. (9) 17 Norm cut vegetable. (7) 18 I sorted problems with Citizen staff. (7) 19 Expression of disdain with bad weather in Persian Gulf island. (7) 20 Breaks tension with chants. (7) 22 Put on an act around small gang. (5) 23 Had dinner, I hear, between seven and nine. (5) |