crossword 5
7
1
4
15
13
6
17
3
12
2
11
9
5
14
16
10
18
8
Across
1. Turn around suspension while performing routine maintenance (8,3)
6. Regret kicking Evan out of troupe (3)
8. Bear consumes fat for roasting (8)
9. Hit back, causing swelling (4)
11. Looking most pale without work done! (7)
14. Openly abandons holy abode (4)
16. Former Dutch colony are armed in rebellion (8)
17. Beast currently in Scotland, I hear (3)
18. Rectify mistake by individual to act as own witness (4-7)
Down
2. Fisher catches the woman's ring on pole (5)
3. Newcomer's 5-0 comeback curbed by City (6)
4. Prevent officer overshadowing by means of short tantrum (7)
5. Pine over time in New York from extreme distance (7)
7. Lies underneath, starts to ease back, and gradually descends (4)
9. The French shoring up good catches (7)
10. Haggis ingredient found in scrambled egg tamale (7)
12. Chair quietly messed around with cleaner (6)
13. Catch bearing in rising wind (4)
15. Graphic images on boxes of tobacco (5)