LOCAL PLACES CROSSWORD
THE TWELVE WAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Answers to 12 clues are the gifts in the famous festive song, but with different beginnings (e.g. Ways, not Days). Which clue has the correct number?
21 Pile roman made to accommodate (5,5) 23 Plot to scam damaged vine (7) 24 Commendably lost by commander (7) 25 Say this before you snap! (6) 26 Head gardener checks around and is in control (6)
Across 1 Rubbers remove marks before scripture lesson (6) 4 Fractions of this either side of road (6) 7 Glitter managed to get into store (7)
8 Leading edge swimmer held by my delegate (7) 11 Very large Liverpudlian bear waved (10) 12 If you are a poetic unit? (4) 13 Flies to victories around midnight (5)
14 Seal flips favourites together (8) 16 Within, over and astride porches (8) 18 Busts need restricted supports! (5) 20 Folds and nearly unfolds (4)
Down 1 Guarantees for blade top to bottom (5) 2 Writes charge for benefit (7) 3 Sport with unusually red sail made greener (9) 5 I stink before day gets sticky (5) 6 Help to set up and tune radios with energy (7) 9 Adders seen in warm periods (7) 10 Exploiting linguist with one translation (9) 13 Cabbie’s question to which this is the answer (7)
Crossword Answers - Across: 1 Wipers (Pipers), 4 Thirds (Birds, correct number), 7 Granary, 8 Embassy, 11 Oscillated, 12 Iamb, 13 Wings (Rings), 14 Lockstep, 16 Verandas, 18 Raids (Maids), 20 Pens (Hens), 21 Manor house, 23 Connive, 24 Admiral, 25 Cheese (Geese), 26 Reigns. Down: 1 Words (Lords), 2 Pension, 3 Ruralised, 5 Humid, 6 Roadies (Ladies), 9 Summers (Drummers), 10 Utilising, 13 Whereto, 15 Cartridge (Partridge), 17 Absence, 19 Ironing, 21 Moves (Doves), 22 Spans (Swans).