ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

Puzzle No. 3

ACROSS

1. Peak - sounds like peek

3. Rapports - raps around port

8. Rest - re + St. (=saint)

9. Brandies - and in Bries

10. Bearskin - bearkin (anagram) around S(eptember)

12. Tiny - (bombardmen)t in Y(ugoslavia)

14. Employ - anagram

16. Ginger - (dialo)g in Ger(trude)

19. Chop - C (=chapter) + hop

20. Shingles - double meaning

23. Aardvark - pun on `ard work (=Cockney version of hard work)

24. Magi - mag (=shortened version of magazine) + I

25. Demolish - demo + LI (=51) + sh (=quiet)

26. Hair - H (=hot) + air

DOWN

1. Parable - par + able

2. At Sea - anagram

4. Afraid - Afr(ica) + AID(S)

5. Pine - double meaning

6. Railing - ail in ring

7. Sassy - say around S.S. (=steamship)

11. Show - sow around (eac)h

13. Mien - sounds like mean

15. Program - pro + gram

17. Raspier - (b)ras(s) + pier

18. Shores - (offe)r in shoes

19. Chard - char + D (=diamond in cards)

21. Llama - lam in L.A. (=Los Angeles)

22. Evil - reversal of live