Times Crossword 2 7, 7 27 across down Prize solution 27,72^0
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BEAST IE DUTEOUS
U R I A I E I L
CUTANDRUN SALMI
K I G L G T W P
SLEDGEHAMMERS
T A R Y A L T
HANGOVER STALER
U V Y I C E
COOLER ASTHENIA
Y F R Z O I M
DEF I BRI LLATOR
I E O T A R V D
DONNA HOTPOTATO
E C R E E U N X
SLENDER DITTANY
1 Phlegmatic type almost shut in
thus ( 5 )
4 Live at end of lake with beadle — a
worker, possibly ( 9 )
9 Infamous old port protected by
other people? ( 9 )
10 Woman’s contribution finally
accepted by Times ( 5 )
11 Surprisingly their purser’s
accepting a fund manager’s
position ( 13 )
14 Genuine old Spanish coin ( 4 )
15 Marine creature reportedly saw a
taxi crossing river (6,4)
18 Degrading form of feuding
overwhelming one in Scotland (10)
19 New Zealander’s answer you and I
heard (4)
21 Key army corps almost crazy about
hotel’s liqueur (5,2,6)
24 Work trapeze artistes are ill-
advised to have ( 5 )
25 Hint from small Scouse singer
inspiring in tango ( 9 )
27 One who guides bullocks to west of
island ( 9 )
28 Manage to catch son in wood ( 5 )
1 Hospital doctor originally
operating in Sumatra ( 10 )
2 Choose to put up around centre of
Newport ( 3 )
3 Reddish church at top of hill (6)
4 Considerable criticism gathering
round extreme parts of Henry’s l ife
( 9 )
5 Cheeseparer, one initially
swimming in sea off Nice ( 5 )
6 Tough left restaurant, having
consumed hot starter ( 8 )
7 Good French painter capturing old
man, an emperor’s supporter (11)
8 Not entirely secure as top bridge-
player (4)
12 Church body upset over spirit
audibly fading away ( 11 )
13 Remove monastic devotee
adopting revised rite ( 10 )
16 Bloomer made by teacher going
round a new food shop ( 9 )
17 Woman priest, one giving orders?
(8)
20 Eg Welsh commander-in-chief
welcoming English officer ( 6 )
22 Racecourse record thus
misrepresented at first (5)
23 Responsibility — and where ours
lies ( 4 )
26 Drink Scandinavian nomad left
unfinished ( 3 )
The winners of Prize Crossword No 27,720 are
K Baird, Buckhurst Hill, Essex
N Jones, Bath, Somerset
J Love, Edinburgh
M Newbold, Boylestone, Derbyshire
DM Richardson, Todmorden, West Yorkshire
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Inside
16 pages
of action
from the
Premier
League
finale
Aston Villa stay up
as Watford sink
Manchester United
back in European elite
Sp ort
DAN MULLAN/ECB/GETTY IMAGES
Stuart Broad is just one wicket
away from becoming the seventh
man in history to reach 500 Test
dismissals after putting England in
a dominant position in the third
Test at Old Trafford.
Broad, 34, took six wickets
across two West Indies innings
yesterday to take his career total
to 499. England opener Rory
Burns said: “It is a pretty
ridiculous achievement to get that
many wickets — and he’s chipped
in with some very handy runs this
match as well.”
After taking the four remaining
wickets in West Indies’ first
innings in the morning, Broad
returned in the evening to add two
more in a devastating burst.
In between, England had
declared with a lead of 398,
mindful that with poor weather
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Elizabeth Ammon
Broad
powers
England
to brink
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Bowler one away from 500 Test wickets
Broad celebrates
taking the wicket
of Jason Holder
Andy Murray ready to fly
in for the US Open
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