Classic Crossword

Sunday, 8th November 2026

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1.Naval seaman, as distinct from a marine (4,6)
6.Member of the largest ethno-linguistic group in Europe, including Russians, Poles and Czechs (4)
10.Tinged with pink, like the dawn or a tern species found on UK coasts (7)
11.Idealistic in the manner of Thomas More's 1516 imaginary island (7)
12.Submitted a second time, as when a candidate tries again after initial rejection (9)
13.Evergreen climbing plants of the genus Hedera, often covering old buildings (5)
14.India's first prime minister after independence, and a high-collared jacket style (5)
15.Japanese city devastated by the first wartime atomic bomb on 6 August 1945 (9)
17.Creates fresh plans or layouts for something that already exists (9)
20.Daughter of one's brother or sister (5)
21.Step in a flight between floors (5)
23.Causing anxiety or a loss of confidence (9)
24.Compel compliance with a law, regulation or standard (7)
25.Japanese electronics conglomerate formed by a 1939 merger, a pioneer of laptop computers and flash memory (7)
26.The Kinks sang about this ambiguously alluring person in 1970 (4)
27.Informal term for a shrewd or accomplished lawyer (5,5)

1.British philosopher, mathematician and Nobel laureate who championed pacifism and nuclear disarmament (8,7)
2.Completely unharmed, without a scratch (9)
3.French existentialist who declined the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature (4,4,6)
4.Hold dear or nurture with great affection (7)
5.Country of Quito and Cotopaxi volcano (7)
7.Mario's green-clad brother in the Nintendo video game series (5)
8.Oscar-winning star of Julia, daughter of Sir Michael and sister of Lynn in a celebrated acting dynasty (7,8)
9.Daniel Defoe's 1719 castaway novel, whose hero spends 28 years on a desert island (8,6)
16.Setting out or listing each thing separately (9)
18.Hard Swiss cheese from the canton of Fribourg, known for its nutty flavour (7)
19.Frank ---, Rat Pack vocalist whose repertoire included My Way and New York, New York (7)
22.Extremely bad or unpleasant (5)