Classic Crossword

Thursday, 24th September 2026

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1.Red fruit famously served with cream at the Wimbledon Championships (10)
6.Johnny ---, American country singer known as the Man in Black, who recorded At Folsom Prison in 1968 (4)
10.American sprinter who raised a gloved fist on the medal podium at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics (6,5)
11.Aromatic leaf used in cooking, or the deep howl of a hound (3)
12.Metal spike driven into the ground to anchor a tent (4,3)
13.Liberate from captivity, as Nelson Mandela was in February 1990 (3,4)
14.Use authority to reject or countermand a prior decision (8)
16.Wading bird with a famously elegant courtship dance (5)
18.Of the Caribbean island whose 1962 missile crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war (5)
20.One's best clothes, put on for a special night out (4,4)
23.West London exhibition venue, or the capital city of Washington state (7)
25.Watch carefully, or adhere to a custom, law or religious practice (7)
26.Raggedy ---, American cloth doll whose stories were first published by Johnny Gruelle in 1918 (3)
27.Controlled scientific tests designed to prove or disprove a hypothesis (11)
28.Simon and Garfunkel number, say (4)
29.Tempt or entice away from the right moral course (4,6)

1.Small Jewish town in pre-war Eastern Europe, the world evoked by Fiddler on the Roof (6)
2.Dynasty that ruled Russia from 1613 until the revolution of 1917 (7)
3.Cheeky young person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident (14)
4.Relaxed and tolerant in temperament, not easily upset or worried (4-5)
5.Steel tracks that guide a train, or complains loudly (5)
7.Canadian province home to the Rockies, Banff National Park and Calgary (7)
8.Allergic rhinitis triggered by pollen, or a Noel Coward comedy first staged in 1925 (3,5)
9.Irving Berlin's 1942 classic sung by Bing Crosby, the best-selling single of all time (5,9)
15.Deeply smitten with or captivated by someone or something (9)
17.Richard and Maurice ---, brothers who opened a San Bernardino restaurant that became the foundation of a global fast-food chain (8)
19.--- Knowles-Carter, Houston-born singer who holds the record for most Grammy Awards won by any artist (7)
21.Ava ---, Hollywood star of The Killers and Mogambo, once married to Frank Sinatra (7)
22.Channel Island, a knitted garment, or a breed of dairy cattle (6)
24.More than enough; generous in size or scope (5)