El Presidente's printer was running out of ink when he produced the crossword below. Luckily, El Presidente appears not to be running out of ink himself (it has been said the world will end when he runs out of ink), as he supplied me with two crosswords recently.
1 One of many belonging to Bill Nash? (4) 2 Ripe bananas at the sea-side (4) 3 Combatant in the Battle of Britain (8) 4 Stump microphone (6) 5 Eg, Jock or Hamish (8) 6 Spoil (6) 7 Hide! Save the blue-tack (8) 8 Modern fount of all knowledge? (8) 11 Less common (5) 15 Walter Large's home village (8) 16 Get the better of (8) 17 Make less complicated (8) 19 Risk-takers (8) 20 Comfortable slang (5) 22 Mine and his (6) 24 How we all started (6) 27 Irish principle? (4) 28 Father. Rise and rewrite (4)
9 St James looks over a beautiful town (5,7) 10 This ringing will not win the shield (7) 12 The artist treats these ropes with respect (7) 13 Many churches are shaped like a cross (9) 14 It has lasted for 59 years so far (5) 15 Tools for gardeners, bricklayers, etc (7) 18 This could lead to trouble in belfries, etc (7) 21 And the same to you! (5) 23 The 4-bell competition (9) 25 The tuned-in tone that is an octave above the strike-note (7) 26 Eg, dales or glens (7) 29 Largest warship (15)
ANSWER TO THE CROSSWORD IN THE LAST NEWSLETTER (127)