Complete Clue List
Across
1. [I] Experience [II] Endure [III] Encounter
5. [I] Tetanus symptom [II] Trismus [III] Spasm of facial muscles preventing mouth movements
9. [I] Christmas greenery [II] Kiss elicitor [III] "It's time for ____ and holly" (Frank Sinatra)
10. [I] Japanese rice-and-fish dish [II] Seaweed-wrapped cuisine [III] Bento box fare
11. [I] South Pacific archipelago [II] Republic west of Fiji [III] Port Vila is its capital
12. [I] Selected passage [II] Quotation [III] Book jacket bit
13. [I] First appearance [II] First performance [III] First showing
15. [I] Popular cause [II] Musicians' transport in a parade [III] Trend that may be jumped on
17. [I] Translate [II] Make sense of [III] Decipher
19. [I] One with a role to play [II] Person in a cast [III] Part taker
21. [I] Defeating [II] Whiling away (time) [III] Sudden large profit
23. [I] Brush up on [II] Go over again [III] Refresh the memory
25. [I] Furious [II] Steaming mad [III] Very vexed
26. [I] Time-measuring device [II] Track timer [III] "60 Minutes" symbol
27. [I] To a large extent [II] Significantly [III] In a big way
28. [I] Lures [II] Leads astray [III] Leads on
Down
1. [I] Stoic [II] Motionless [III] Dry-eyed
2. [I] Vacuum inventor James [II] Physicist Freeman ____ [III] English astronomer Frank Watson ____
3. [I] Dependent [II] Trusting [III] Self-____
4. [I] Exceed [II] Predominate [III] Be bigger than
5. [I] Feudal lord [II] Loyal subject [III] Belgian city
6. [I] Dependable moneymaker [II] Reliable source of moola? [III] Milkable profit centre (All: 4,3)
7. [I] "Perfect!" [II] Spot-on [III] The very thing! (All: 4,5)
8. [I] On paper [II] Penned [III] Not oral
14. [I] Halberd [II] Wielded weapon of yore [III] Domineering, antagonistic woman (All: U.K. sp., 9/6-3)
16. [I] Disreputable [II] Scandalously famous [III] Unfavourably known
17. [I] Hint [II] Sneaking suspicion [III] Vague notion
18. [I] Clothing [II] Attire [III] Garments
19. [I] Not forbidden [II] Not excluded [III] Not against the rules
20. [I] Stock spreads [II] Cattle-raising estates [III] Farms with brand names
22. [I] Bloated [II] Like many people after eating beans [III] Given to gabbing
24. [I] Shenanigan [II] Caper [III] Bit of a lark