Solutions for Crossword No 3

Solutions to puzzle #3. Some of these are already posted by solvers under comments section. Will try to come up with the next one later this month.

1 M

O

2 H

I

3 C

A

4 N

5 S

C

6 O

U

7 R

G

8 E

I

O

A

O

U

N

A

L

9 S

A

T

U

R

A

T

E

D

10 T

A

C

C

A

H

E

E

I

D

H

E

T

11 A

I

L

S

12 A

C

C

E

L

E

R

A

T

E

N

C

13 H

E

N

R

G

14 D

E

A

L

E

R

15 E

L

D

O

R

A

D

16 O

L

L

M

17 A

Y

C

I

X

18 E

P

I

L

O

G

U

E

19 S

K

I

N

N

Y

F

R

R

20 P

S

S

G

21 P

R

O

P

R

I

E

T

O

R

22 S

T

Y

E

L

R

H

L

N

23 A

T

N

24 A

P

N

E

A

25 I

N

C

O

G

N

I

T

A

Z

I

G

U

H

E

M

T

26 A

M

A

D

E

U

S

27 O

B

S

C

E

N

E

Across

1. Doctor greeting accountant with new hairstyle (7)

MOHICAN: {MO} {HI} {CA} {N}

5 Destroy firm in upward swing (7)

SCOURGE: {S {CO} URGE}

9 This type of fat could increase blood cholesterol levels (9)

SATURATED [CD]

10 Bat flowers formed by rearranging cacti, removing one and adding one at the end (5)

TACCA: {CATCI* -i +a }

11 Cruises without son, falls sick (4)

AILS: {sAILS –s}

12  Speed up bill before a follower leaves party (10)

ACCELERATE: {AC} {CELEbRATE -b}

14 He distributes a hand with hesitation (6)

DEALER: {DEAL} {ER}

15 Rodeo lad stumbled into a place full of gold (2, 6)

EL DORADO {RODEO LAD *}

18 Record, I record, for alternate use at the end (8)

EPILOGUE {EP} {I} {LOG} {UsE -s}

19 A very naughty way to take a dip in water (6)

SKINNY [CD]

20 Patron provides support for deranged rioter (10)

PROPRIETOR {PROP} {RIOTER *}

22 Eye infection caused by a filthy place in the East (4)

STYE: {STY} {E}

24 Father returns from New England with a respiratory problem (5)

APNEA: {AP <-} {N} {E} {A}

25 A woman disguised in plastic coating (9)

INCOGNITA: {IN} {COATING *}

26 Salieri’s tale about a mother wrongly sued (7)

AMADEUS {A} {MA} {SUED*}

27 Bob lost head on stage and became indecent (7)

OBSCENE {bOB -b} {SCENE}

Down

1 Mess up, almost fail to make a deal with the French (9)

MISHANDLE {MISs -s} {HAND} {LE}

2 Song about a raging Spanish state in America (5, 10)

HOTEL CALIFORNIA: {HOT} {EL} {CALIFORNIA}

3 Worry about pointless fear (4)

CARE {sCARE –s}

4 Acknowledge a caveat (6)

NOTICE [DD]

5 All at once ends, duly resolved (8)

SUDDENLY {ENDS DULY *}

6 When in distress, have a drink this way (2, 3, 5)

ON THE ROCKS [DD]

7 A nice magistrate scrambles to beat a deadline (4, 7, 4)

RACE AGAINST TIME: {A NICE MAGISTRATE *}

8 Retracted story about English to lift up spirits (5)

ELATE: {ELAT <- E}

13 Profuse bleeding of heart, adversely more, when anger consumes Henry (10)

HEMORRHAGE:  {H} {MORE*} {R {H} AGE}

16 Enrich blood by developing ten yoga extensions without tensions (9)

OXYGENATE {TEN YOGA EXtensions *}

17 Roman Emperor’s aura is halved and rule is disturbed (8)

AURELIUS {AU} {RULE IS *}

20 Boss was initially head of North Carolina housing organisation (6)

HONCHO: {H} {O} {N} {C} {H} {O}

21 Pal wandering outside Arizona shopping center (5)

PLAZA: {PAL * outside of AZ}         

23 Grows old over an extended period of time (4)

AGES [DD]