14 Answer to Crossword No. 137 from last issue Answer to Cryptic Xword No. 137 from last issue Answer to Sudoku No. 137 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 30.11.2026 Winner notified by post. Win a $50 GIFT Card 2 3 4 9 11 12 13 15 16 20 21 23 1 8 10 14 22 5 6 7 17 18 19 S P I R A L S F S H A O B T A I N E D I R O N I C E E A E G A S T O N I S H L A M E N T D O D R I M P O S I N G E O R L D E N O U N C E D A R U T R E P I D C O N T R I T E M D D C T N U A N C E B E F R I E N D N N S Y M S I D L E S 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2 3 4 5 6 7 I A M T F R E I G H T E D C R A S H O E N R E R L R C O R P O R E A L A L A M O U I R A I W D N S C E N A R E V O L V I N G E N E E D E M O T E D R E F U S E D O E E R C O M M I T T A L S H I V A H E N A I T L G A U N T S I N K E E P I N G N T E L I R A E C R U S T S E N T E N C E D E M G D CRYPTIC 138 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. Drew back but move slowly in take-off. (8) 8. Find mere bugs sink. (8) 9. Job getting into and tied up. (8) 10. The promoter arranged a musical on the top of the hill. (8) 11. Persisting you call on the conclusion. (8) 12. The bogey man essentially didn’t follow any etiquette. (4) 14. A friend was found afloat in a small yacht. (4) 15. Law sorted out track classification between dead and heavy. (4,5) 16. Lily liked a spirit. (4) 18. Does the undergarment give power? (4) 21. Dubious vice need proof. (8) 24. Nonsense to applaud cheat. (8) 25. Firing a gun or breaking a catch. (8) 26. Happening so IOC can regroup. (8) 27. Sibling behind flying onto Thursday Island to dump. (8) DOWN 1. Assume to consume and project. (7) 2. Cognition affected moral aims. (9) 3. A hundred judge the box. (5) 4. Worried re deaf confused. (6) 5. Accidents caused by explosive insect din. (9) 6. The spoilt wealthy had nothing inside for the group of singers. (5) 7. Worried lent ear forever. (7) 13. Pizza Houses held in the territories. (9) 14. Trades vie furiously to promote. (9) 17. Income concerning position. (7) 19. Politician put straight on rates. (7) 20. Calculate smashed conker. (6) 22. Take out of container in the storage area. (5) 23. Rushed from church to the farm. (5) An elderly patient was listening to his cardiologist deliver a stern lecture in the examination room. “Mr. Henderson,” the doctor warned, shaking a finger, “you are seventy-nine years old. If you want to see eighty-five, you must walk 10,000 steps every day, cut out butter, stop drinking your afternoon whisky, and avoid all stressful conversations.” The old man chuckled and shook his head: “Doctor, back in my day, people didn’t run around in fluorescent spandex before sunrise worrying about their cholesterol. My uncle Barnaby drank three stiff drams of malt whisky before breakfast, smoked a pipe like a steam train, ate lard on his toast, and lived until he was ninety-six!” The doctor looked sceptical: “And did he have all his faculties right to the end?” Mr. Henderson nodded: “Every single one of them. In fact, when the crematorium caught fire, it took the local brigade three days to put him out!” Just Joking 7 2 1 8 3 4 9 6 5 9 4 5 1 2 6 3 7 8 8 6 3 7 5 9 1 2 4 6 3 8 9 4 1 7 5 2 1 5 7 2 6 3 4 8 9 2 9 4 5 7 8 6 3 1 3 7 2 4 9 5 8 1 6 4 8 6 3 1 2 5 9 7 5 1 9 6 8 7 2 4 3
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