The Tower

5×5×5 · 39 entries

Grids — one sheet per Z layer

Z 1

123
456
789
101112
131415

Z 2

Z 3

161718
19
20
21
22

Z 4

Z 5

232425
26
27
28
29

A square marked also carries a letter of a Through answer running through the sheets.

Clues

Across

1Parking nailed it, walking up and down (5)
4Smells foul, or lines soldiers up (5)
7Hard old measures make infernal places (5)
10Second lazy fellow moves crabwise (5)
13Fizzy drinks leave one so sad, when stirred (5)
16Cruel, being a running sore (5)
19Party inside good spirits — what's happening? (5)
20Insurgent concealed in sombre belief (5)
21A daughter, apt to change (5)
22Ed's purpose was finished (5)
23Listened to a crowd, by the sound of it (5)
26Sores dressed with flowers (5)
27Terror, once its opening fades, becomes a mistake (5)
28Beach material — why fair-haired? (5)
29Adder writhes in fear (5)

Down

1Buys that give one grip (9)
2Deduced, and so brought to an end (9)
3Flowers round the lord of the underworld — catastrophes! (9)
16Agree to do the funeral director's work, in part (9)
17Cut plank that holds your papers (9)
18Great duel arranged, and properly controlled (9)
23Tackle Ed, and bring under control (9)
24Confidence in a policy (9)
25Des and Ed flatten the ancient city — wrecked (9)

Through

1Quiet drunk turns out luxurious (5)
2Two companies and one supply a hot drink (5)
3Dread rearranged into a challenge (5)
4Detection that reads the same either way (5)
5Snail shifts, and fixes things (5)
6Sings out of tune — these are the indications (5)
7Crowd stockpiles, we hear (5)
8American work, having lost you (5)
9Orals arranged about the sun (5)
10Figures the states have lost energy (5)
11Tied, and sketched (5)
12Sentry loses his head at the way in (5)
13Second to hang about, then pay out (5)
14Avoid the American car (5)
15Took a part, seen outside dinner (5)