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Crossword No.88Readers will need to make use of a 15D if they want to enter this month’s competition. If they’re lucky, or live in 9A or 5D, they can use a 150-year-old 27A version designed by 20DACROSS1 Attack when making comeback at 55-0 (5)4 Weird sect taking refresher in geological science (9)9 Present packaging for unbalanced meals in Surrey town (9)10 Subject to endless choice (5)11 Get the better of idiot from Open University (6)12 Decide to leave feathers on dog’s back? (4,4)14 Diseased animal, say, coming from Borneo? (9)16 Revolutionary Thai pesto contains fi sh-based colouring (5)17 Country homes in the east of Massachusetts (5)19 Mark Levy’s contractual obligation (5,4)21 English brief in charge of recluse (8)22 Where Dorothy put her faith, completely? (2,4)25 Lion's head lost in farcical Dublin shooting (2,3)26 Unearthly visitor encountered alien eggs when returning to consume pig’s heart (9)27 Hungarian Eurovision debutants cross after initially stumbling along with six points (9)28 Milk discovered in Northumberland rainwater (5) DOWN1 Like Snape, perhaps, he hits classroom explosively (15)2 Composer’s record on the radio (5)3 Award model with yen in bulk (7)4 Face up to swarm (4)5 Festival disturbing the calm hen? (10)6 A short month’s work for infl uential fi gure? (7)7 Spontaneous declaration of support for representative working body (9)8 Old school derivative novel (9,6)13 Trainee sailor in vessel breaking centrepiece! (10)15 Character on TV, one receiving lots of mail (9)18 Silence during work party (7)20 Designer and writer go bust (7)23 Board’s approval from EU members? (5)24 Passed on refl ection? And the rest (2,2)This issue’s crossword was compiled by Crucifer. The fi rst correct entry we receive by September 9, 2016 and pull from the postbag will receive a literary prize. Please send your entries with your name, address, Society and phone number to: Crossword 88, NADFAS House, 8 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1DA.Right: A Penfold letter box in GosportSOLUTION TO CROSSWORD NO.87Congratulations to the winner of the competition in the summer issue: Judith Cochran from South Lakeland DFAS. 74 NADFAS REVIEW / AUTUMN 2016 www.nadfas.org.ukImage: © TOny Cross.FREE TIME