CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

Across1. Make him an 11, Albert i.e. (8) 4. Surety you may need get rid of water (4)

8 & 10ac. What to do if the horse is dead? Don’t be silly! (3,3) 9. Animal found in an egg shell? Amazing! (5)

10. See 8

11. He is at liberty to speak (7) 12. Marie changes the fibre (5) 13. 1ac extremist that is capable of chain reactions .... (4,7) 17. ....... must be damn red (5) 18. Wagered it will cause hay fever in the US (7) 20. Returned with some stuff from Chattanooga (3)

21. Deb left boneyard for material (5) 22. Hang about for the return of the purse (3)

23. Many advertisements produce ill-bred men (4) 24. Liquorice for the stars, lol (8)

Down

1. End session of round of golf (3,3)

2. Animal he gets to wash (5) 3. How the coach gets to work? (5)

5. In Samoa they cannot smell (7)

6. Raised boom and sailed into the wind (6) 7. Continuing being naughty (8,2) 9. You go there forward, reportedly (10) 14. Contacted with waves (7) 15. No red cartridge is unfortunately disastrous (6)

16. Sayings from the present day and from a long time ago (6)

18. Solar energy is nothing to do with the Greens, it is all to do with Queens (5)

19. Remains to see that I object return to be right (5)

Yesterday

Across: 1. Sacking, 5. Swabs, 8. Terence, 9. Aptly, 10. Nosepiece, 13 & 12ac. Above par, 17. Add, 19. Arbitrate, 21. Imago, 22. Ski-lift, 24. Going,

25. Spangle.

Down: 1. Sit-ins, 2. Corpses, 3. Inn, 4. Grebe, 5. Statement, 6. Act up, 7. Sayers, 11. Play along, 14. Braking, 15. Paling, 16. Centre, 18. Dhabi, 20. Busts, 23. Ida.