Crossword:

14256

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

6 Think about how to carefully examine a pattern 9 Oh, Goodness! Two curves in one letter! 10 Fruit used in medicine for a fool 11 A new lamp made with destructive soapy substance 12 Slowly come out from the lake in distress 13 Untidy place for officers to eat 15 Some differ naturally about a decorative plant 17 Be left with learner’s sounding instrument 18 Climbing aid that is unpopular in hosiery 19 Every one singly in a teaching role 20 Burning substance seen a mile off 22 Peas sliding around can become quite upsetting

DOWN

1 Dedicated after promise to choose to keep four 2 Some body shown in part of the longer race 3 Say something about the mountain tops 4 Step around the French sumptuous dwelling 5 Notice fellow heard to be one from a ship 7 Ends at two all toil as bell sounds 8 Mine agree to be converted for a collection of strange animals 13 Lad may be carrier of a chronic disease 14 There’s a distinct section for a lover of cruelty 15 Runs away at the sound of biting insects 16 Concerned with a little money not long gone 17 Swell out in central part of the body 21 It could possibly work for one month

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS

6 Think about 9 Double curve 1 0 Common fool 11 Flammable soap 1 2 Drip out 1 3 Untidy lot 1 5 Waterside plant 1 7 A ringer 1 8 Climbing aid 1 9 Taken individually 20 A citrus fruit 22 Annoying

DOWN

1 Given as promised 2 Body part 3 Say something 4 Royal residence 5 A sailor 7 Bell sounds 8 Animal collection 13 A plague 1 4 Lover of cruelty 15 Runs away 16 Not long ago 1 7 Stomach 2 1 A month