Cryptic crossword

TRINITY CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO. 8

ACROSS

1 A man briefly seen with God in this depiction of musical genius (7) 5 One of two introducing value around Home Office initially (2-4) 8 Encota will get out of sorts (3) 9 Some predict a Tory ruler with total power over a country (8) 10 About the Eye, it’s funny but not at first (6) 11 Jogger welcoming a rest (9) 12 Sort of TV shows when streetcars reverse (5) 14 Talk about extra bottles for end of the Boat

Race? (8) 16 Knight in clear ground’s a fighter (that’s one of 26 in 22) (6) 17 Container ship in canal (6) 19 If black writing fluid’s inside there’s a possibility of being knocked in pocket (8) 21 Leaders of convoy identified diving ships after deploying a technique of reflection (5) 22 6’s 1922 publication involved Moses, aptly detailed (4,5) 25 Place knee centrally on Yankee bridge at the start (6) 26 Number of 22 by 6 is The Answer (5-3) 27 Respect for Aldermaston (3) 28 Every so often unwary savage torments two-legged dragon (6) 29 Deer ran off and hit the back of a car (4-3)

DOWN

1 Assistant protecting Stokes delivers quiet word to the crowd? (5) 2 Pull of that tractor after twice cutting edges (7) 3 Possible to stretch Everton’s lead by setting target in table (10) 4 Playwright prefers this fare scrambled (3,5,7) 5 Firstly carve piece of wood into shoe (4) 6 The letters of this poet are somehow so human (7) 7 After hearing watch spring it takes flight (9) 13 You might also see stars here during performance of e.g. Earth Song (10) 15 Try learning too much in closed office (9) 18 Breaking confidences - may become this fond of knowledge of the physical world? (7) 20 Helper in service worried about company liability after vacation (7) 23 Cut lawn in a short time on Wednesday (5) 24 “Light Blue crew yards ahead now” – according to the starters (4)

Visit The Fountain web page for a word version of the crossword: trin.cam.ac.uk/ alumni/publications/the-fountain Please email your entry to alumni-comms@trin.cam. ac.uk or send it to us:

The Editor, Alumni Relations & Development Office Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ

Entries are due by 30 September 2022.

The first correct entry drawn will win a copy of Trinity Poets, and the winner will be announced in the next issue of The Fountain.

For the solution to Cryptic Crossword No.7 visit The Fountain web page listed above, or email us at alumnicomms@trin.cam.ac.uk

WINNING ENTRIES

Alumni competition Congratulations to Dr Natalie Behague (2012), who successfully completed Trinity Cryptic Crossword No.7, winning a copy of Trinity Poets.

Student competition Congratulations to Lycka Drakengren (2020) and Xiang Wei (2019), winners of the fourth student crossword competition in memory of avid crossword fan John Grenfell-Shaw (2011). The prize of a generous Trinity catering credit is kindly supported by John’s parents.

Tim King (1980) is the Ipswich-based professional crossword compiler Encota. Tim also sets personalised puzzles as unique and thoughtful gifts. If you’d like to know more, contact him at: specialisedcrosswords@gmail.com and visit his website: specialisedcrosswords.co.uk