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Crossword

2612: Grounded

8 July 2023

9:00 AM

8 July 2023

9:00 AM

The eight unclued lights are, or were, of a kind.

        Across

   1    Daily column about introduction of alternative fuel (8)

   5    Cold, and damned unpleasant (6)

   9    Tumbledown hut in barbarous realm (10)

16    Drink is finally within reach (6)

17    Joins female on Med, perhaps (5)

18    Unclothed Yanks fled joint (5)

20    Shamefaced bishop found in boozers west of Slough (7)

22    Harry in pursuit of tripe, symbol of Britain (7)

24    Capone perhaps poised to import hard liquor (7)

25    Confirmed last of resources exhausted (5)

26    Run over someone stepping back (5)

28    Married friends cycling round old country (7)

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