A fun crossword to get the mind thinking. Be sure to print out your copy. To see the answers please click here.
Across
1 Translate satire by Heliogabalus, perhaps (8)
5 Kind folk in line issue blood (also for bears, I’m told) (6)
10 Shrewd of James to disregard name… (5)
11 …once a charge is clear (9)
12 The 1 down 16 from one end of a gun to the other? (10)
13 The back of a deer? (4)
15 Lockdown liaison felt so wrong… (4,9)
17 …possibly err in behaving like this? (13)
19 Heaps take back something one shouldn’t do (especially during lockdown) (4)
20 Liberate volunteers in epic sign-over (10)
23 Freshly minted coin found on Pacific island (3,6)
24 Maya eaten by crow? Things that keep us amused (5)
25 Note – my bubble for a root? (6)
26 Angry? Yes, irritated by lack of cooperation (8)
Down
1 Event agency in the Sun (6)
2 Exclamation of Yorkshireman in a sticky situation? (2,3)
3 Hand heard after rising from the throne? (5,5)
4 You old fashioned Nevada athletes with time for one possible winner from the pandemic (3,11)
6 Primate cross at the top (4)
7 I catch one burning with – yes, ineptitude (9)
8 Creeping edgily in to become docile (8)
9 Monday hosts fun, perhaps, after this long wait (5,2,7)
14 What people were found doing to walking tracks: talking at length and to little point (8,2)
15 Remove a foot held by wandering animal (5,4)
16 Reserve Princess Laurel, say, with Church attached… (8)
18 …jumper leads to cattle? (6)
21 Marie set out to be one who controls fire (5)
22 Neuromuscular extract for Wallaroo (4)
