Simply Daily Puzzles

Coffee Break Cryptic


29 September



Across

Reportedly, what Cupid has for lover (4)
Shortened notice about game (8)
Renowned actor - one appearing in musical (7)
10 Head and tail of lamb, formerly (5)
11 Monsieur finishes repairs (5)
12 Hounds struggling in river (6)
14 Outcome of break taken about the middle of July (6)
16 A slope that’s slippery in US city (2,4)
19 Least sheltered area in French port (6)
21 Pink and black stuff? That's about right (5)
24 Traffic controllers study directions (5)
25 Defender messing about in boats (7)
26 Mark gets embarrassed or worried (8)
27 Supporters, say, in outskirts of Leeds (4)

Down

Rose and Lily, for example, in old clothes? (8)
A Welsh girl — from Pakistan, perhaps (5)
Place for boat found by a woman (6)
Where to put flowers when you have retired? (2,3)
Rolled gold on a boat (7)
A legal document requiring action (4)
Engine driver passes over eastern line (6)
13 Leave supports for little birds (8)
15 Wild dances round pole may be scrutinised (7)
17 Pest never found when copper enters (6)
18 Bishop in old farm building (6)
20 Dancing queens not the first to follow (5)
22 Lift beams, so to speak (5)
23 Blackleg takes taxi after start of strike (4)