Simply Daily Puzzles

Coffee Break Cryptic


3 May



Across

Present and former US president in English city (8)
Consul possibly coming back, partly for bonus (4)
Look in shade for hooker (5)
Officer caught by a Spanish island (7)
11 Baseball player in jug (7)
12 Doctor behind preliminary version (5)
13 Sacred nuts in trees (6)
15 Clergyman coming in to guide a congregation (6)
18 Woman beginning to mourn first murder victim (5)
20 Taking a chance, hide in oil platform (7)
23 Dictionary for the French team to study (7)
24 Poles taking in country girl (5)
25 Expression used for part of school year (4)
26 Goes by bike, holding on in strong winds (8)

Down

What about male sheep getting agitated? (3,2)
Treadle corrected and connected (7)
Little bird wrapped in a scarf in church (5)
Something said about former currency (6)
Grub of a popular variety (5)
Catches up with an old Greek (7)
10 He tries to do his job (5)
13 Animal turning to legendary city (7)
14 Engineers left in charge for survival (5)
16 I'm held in scorn, turning bright red (7)
17 Knot for elderly relative (6)
19 South African sheltering unknown dog (5)
21 Fibre used for ropes is aligned (5)
22 Very clever person missing one biology class (5)