THE PUZZLER
CROSSWORD 245 by Axe
CRYPTIC ACROSS
8 Pacific resort lawyer’s lost on two incidences of sanctuary (4,4)9 Part of play where one retreating Greek character reaches Antony’s defeat scene (6)10 Shaker’s reactionary article is removed from Rio stadium (6)11 Islands in the Seychelles before or after Muslim prince visits? (8)12 Country in the wake of France’s evil years in the Orient (8)13 Chap’s returning first-class to North Ossetia… (6)14 …travelling third class, man is here Indian Ocean-bound? (9,6)18 American’s delay in Massachusetts makes one resort to the Costa del Sol (6)20 Swedish water to irritate, chap (8)23 Great Russian fish turned turtle here on the Durham coast (8)24 Tolkien hero Romeo expelled from old part of Spain (6)25 Place in the old days the perfidious on bail? (6)26 New mineral found on Normandy coast to the west of the Cherbourg peninsula (8)
