16 Answer to Crossword No. 128 from last issue Answer to Cryptic Xword No. 128 from last issue Answer to Sudoku No. 128 from last issue TO ENTER SEND YOUR COMPLETED CRYPTIC CROSSWORD TO: “Over 50s Cryptic Crossword Competition” PO Box 3302, Burleigh Town City Q. 4220 Write your name and address on the back of an envelope. First correct entry drawn will win. Entries close 28.02.2026 Winner notified by post. Win a $50 GIFT Card Just Joking CRYPTIC 129 Answer next issue 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 2 3 4 5 6 7 25 ACROSS 4. Current copper sexy but showed correctness. (8) 8. Ships used for a short cut. (8) 9. Angling to throw around the worker. (8) 10. Carve words on new rice bins. (8) 11. Tail on an itinerant citizen. (8) 12. Song found in bar I attend. (4) 14. Hit up friends. (4) 15. Medical care of distressed ten matter. (9) 16. Drop one to say hello or drop one in to fish. (4) 18. Pass strange snakes. (4) 21. Rummage a couple of beds to find fruit. (8) 24. Speaks about strange love of sausages. (8) 25. The hat contained the alternative to a wide view. (8) 26. Awful evil rant caused a break. (8) 27. Not so genuine as sellers questionable.(4,4) DOWN 1. Seeing less impressive performance.(7) 2. Guess cups elate playing. (9) 3. Be humble at home to start. (5) 4. Agree although forwarded. (6) 5. A hundred rushed to be humbled. (9) 6. Fraction to air exchange. (5) 7. Able to say goodbye with a song. (7) 13. Put holes in rope after tangle. (9) 14. Keep watch but somehow lay at rest. (4,5) 17. Set up a position at home. (2,5) 19. Exercise around the unfit Asian on the baby’s blanket. (4,3) 20. Attack while under canvas. (6) 22. Superstars took their wedding vows in front of many from the South. (5) 23. Stage show with her capturing appeal. (5) 6 5 7 2 8 9 4 3 1 1 9 8 3 4 5 7 2 6 2 3 4 7 1 6 8 9 5 3 1 9 8 6 4 5 7 2 4 6 5 9 7 2 3 1 8 7 8 2 1 5 3 9 6 4 9 4 3 6 2 8 1 5 7 5 7 6 4 3 1 2 8 9 8 2 1 5 9 7 6 4 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 20 21 23 1 8 10 14 19 22 24 25 C O N C U R C I F U H A B N O R M A L S T R A I N M P E C S K E E P S A K E MORTAL E S C M E E V I L S E L E A N S S T E E D E G H O O P R N I I A L A I R D S S A T U R A T E V L U A P A B I D E S R E T R E A T S A S E E N E N L I S T 1 8 11 13 17 21 26 9 10 12 14 15 16 18 19 20 23 22 24 25 27 28 2 3 4 5 6 7 H E A T B A G C H A M B E R O C U A A T R E T R E A S U R E R T R I A L D T H M P E D A O R Y X D E T A I N M E N T G L B N L D E S T E P O U T S T A M P E D N T N E W R E S T L E A C C U S E D A L A D E T E S I L V E R S I D E L I M P H E N T I M C R I M A G E E X C L U S I V E N V C R T M D S G H E R K I N S A U C E R S So one day, Grandma sent her grandson Little Johnny down to the waterhole to get some water for cooking dinner. As he was dipping the bucket in, he saw two big eyes looking back at him. He dropped the bucket and hightailed it for Grandma’s kitchen. “Well now, where’s my bucket and where’s my water?” Grandma asked him. “I can’t get any water from that water hole, Grandma” exclaimed Johnny. “There’s a BIG ol’ alligator down there!” “Now don’t you mind that ol’ alligator, Johnny. He’s been there for a few years now, and he’s never hurt no one. Why, he’s probably as scared of you as you are of him!” “Well, Grandma,” replied Johnny, “if he’s as scared of me as I am of him, then that water ain’t fit to drink!”
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