CROSSWORD

Straight Clues

ACROSS 5 Moves lower 7 Lair 8 Shipping dangers 10 A Great Lake 12 Vain hopes 14 Gave

confidence to 20 Size of ground 21 A Starsign 22 Exist 23 Cry babies

DOWN 1 Settled 2 Drunk 3 Type of light 4 The Press 5 Leg band 6 Appear 9 Sham 11 Allude 13 Nervous fits 15 Listeners 16 Sportsground 17 Ointment 18 Bars 19 Gambled

Cryptic Clues

ACROSS 5 Burial places keep it at moves to lower places 7 Golden half in private place 8 Pulls roughly in dangerous

places at sea 10 Great lake sounds weird 12 Made yards around

unrealistic ambitions 14 Restored confidence in

users read about 20 Ground size has a reason

to be without issue 21 Boundaries leap out for

such a sign 22 Metric measure part of a

hectare 23 They constantly whine at

silver lens replacement

DOWN 1 Having set position in bottom drawer 2 Points you start when slightly intoxicated 3 Beam in well as eremite did 4 Setter turns aid for news gatherers 5 Type of stitch could keep one’s socks up 6 Appear to notice mother first 9 Incorrectly left safe - not true! 11 Freer way to make allusion 13 Good baths for modern

ladies in fits 15 Gear seems to have lugs 16 Size with normal place of

action 17 Changed values losing first

useless ointment 18 Gives bitter complaints

about wading birds 19 Had a bet cut much smaller