C
rossword
This year’s first crossword
features a number of clues
which have to do with
years ending in a 5.
Good luck! The winner of last month’s
Christmas Crossword was Ronnie Groves of Playa Blanca
ACROSS
1. US President who went to Bitburg
in 1985 (6,6)
8. …Daddy, enormous wrestler whose
real name was Shirley Crabtree (3)
9. Not old. (3)
10. A tycoon, or a bump for skiers (5)
“I fear no man, no
beast or clue, brother”
2
1
3
4
5
9
12. El Camp …., home ground
of Barcelona (3)
13. Royal Air Force (3)
14. 1995 film based on classic
Nathanael Hawthorne novel,
starring Demi Moore (7,6)
6
7
8
11. …With It - a hit for Oasis in 1995 (4)
10
17. Not well (3)
19. Musician Richard James,
aka The Aphex …. (4)
20. Newcastle United Football Club (4)
22. Hulk ……, US wrestler (5)
23. A sultan’s wife, perhaps a
little wrinkled? (7)
11
12
13
24. Jack…., US actor and star of The
Apartment, born in 1925 (7)
25. See 18 down.
14
DOWN
15
16
1. Lead singer of The Cure (6,5)
2. Ms Lawson’s cookery programmes
are huge, but her self-named 2005
chat show was a flop (7)
17
18
20
19
21
3. Keith Chegwin´s sister Janice,
born in 1955 (4)
4. English comic actor and
Blackadder star, born in 1955 (5,8)
5. Protected, like a knight or a tank (8)
6. Rage, fury 5)
7. Forever-young British pop star,
knighted in 1995 (5,7)
23
22
14. Element that comes above gold
in credit cards, record sales
awards etc (8)
24
25
Last months answers: Across: 1.Isle 4.Jingle 8.Tidings 9.Twice 10.Neon 11.Favours 12.Mistletoe
16.Eye Patch 18.Asti 21.Devil 22.Antlers 23. Grotto 24. Rafa Down: 2.Bedroom 3.Etna 4.José Feliciano
5.Nativity 7.Feast 8.Tiny 13.Starlit 14.Herd 15.Pies 17.Elver 19.Shelf 20.Star
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16. Early 2005 saw massive relief
operation after this disaster in
S E Asia (7)
18 & 25 across.
John, who invented the
television in 1925 (5,5)
21. The Breakfast …., classic
youth film from 1985 (4)