Simply Daily Puzzles

Coffee Break Cryptic


5 December



Across

1Youngsters have caught the wrong bus (4)
3Draw near a very quiet fish (8)
9Inspirational opening (7)
10Was the father of a knight called Edward (5)
11One side of the paper a clergyman does not finish (5)
12Not all presidents live (6)
14To stick together he must be in the centre (6)
16Cook fish within, without compulsion (6)
19A launderer, perhaps, used to be female (6)
21Clown with a drink (5)
24A slight cold contributing to much illness (5)
25Hotchpotch put together for a rag (7)
26The genie's odd or even number (8)
27A lake, pure and simple (4)

Down

1Shrink from engagement (8)
2Ordering a cab is essential (5)
4Mean attempt to follow friend (6)
5Lies used by snooker players? (5)
6Shorten a card game (7)
7Conceal skin (4)
8Redhead in love provides protection for warrior (6)
13Tree from which rays come? (8)
15He gets a fish for curing (7)
17Log an unsurpassed achievement (6)
18A sweet little thing (6)
20Composr taking brief holidays by the end of August (5)
22Stop providing cold comfort (5)
23Some teachers get hurt (4)