CROSSWORD

Straight Clues ACROSS

1 Anything trifling 6 Kind of rock 7 Voyages 8 Boxer 11 Chilled water 12 Acquire 13 A poison 15 Change for the better 16 Heavenly bodies 18 Chemist shop

DOWN

1 A hole in the ground 2 Deliver a blow 3 Gives up work 4 Personal view 5 Beginnings 6 Convoy 9 Harvests 10 Silly talk 14 Additional 17 Narrow beam of light

Cryptic Clues ACROSS

1 Something insignificant from a pungent condiment and an edible grain 6 The best ones display a unit of weight 7 Stumbles on journeys 8 One who spars with a combatant 11 Freeze diamonds 12 Obtain from vegetables 13 Cries over an extremely powerful poison 15 Alter by due formal procedure to rectify 16 Highlights celebrated actors 18 Enid sprays the chemist shop

DOWN

1 A depression in hospital 2 Strike Judy’s gentleman friend 3 Withdraws, and goes to bed 4 The sentiment of a leading pianist in an onion 5 Beginnings of developments 6 Guarantee as a precaution 9 Collects the rags 10 Rubbish humbug 14 Accessory member of a mob scene 17 A glimmer of light found in crayons