CRYPTIC CLUES

Quick Clues

ACROSS

1. Wrinkle (6)

4. Cruel (6)

9. Highbrows (13)

10. Cautious (7)

11. Follow (5)

12. Bisect (5)

14. Begin (5)

18. Precise (5)

19. Denial (7)

21. Questioning (13)

22. Irksome (6)

23. Glimpse (6)

DOWN

1. Cower (6)

2. Excessively (13)

3. Substantial (5)

5. Go back (7)

6. Sin (13)

7. Hearken (6)

8. Poor (5)

13. Old (7)

15. Portray (6)

16. Earlier (5)

17. Dive (6)

20. Weak (5)

Yesterday’s Solutions

ACROSS: 1 Misrepresent; 7 Realm; 8 Bliss; 9 Ill; 10 17 Get; 18 Cause; 19 Least; 21 Adventitious. DOWN: 1 Magnificence; 2 Era; 3 Remote; 4 Soberness; Interfere; 13 Ingot; 14 Mallet; 16 Bound; 20 Art. 10

DOWN

1. Country giving former monetary unit final direction (6)

By which people in general are in agreement (6,7)

The French cry of disgust or an expression of merriment (5)

Irresponsible man about town or juvenile actor? (7)

Finished with a declaration showing exaggeration (13)

Ornamental hanging slates rearranged (6) Sailor to employ revilement (5)

The suffering of one coming in to die (7) Establishments for soft, frilly materials (6)

16. Fight for a morsel (5)

17. No bias upset inventive American (6)

Yesterday’s Solutions 20. Scotch border near the west (5) ACROSS: 1 Working class; 7 Arena; 8 Stare; 9 Rue; 10 Hastiness; 11 Intent; 12 Punter; 15 a minute; 17 Elm; 18 Extra; 19 Tight; 21 Presents arms.

DOWN: 1 Water diviner; 2 Ice; 3 Glassy; 4 Lassitude; 5

Handicaps; 13 Treat; 14 Justin; 16 Aster; 20 Gas.

ACROSS

1. It’s easy to include an account in the documentary system (6)

Vegetable to shoot up (6)

Mail carriers (6-7)

Look in untidy chest for apparel (7)

Put on fat before the meal is ready! (5) The last of the climbers successfully handle the range (5)

Thomas comes from Sandy Lane (5) Chain makers (5)

Neat attendant (7)

It’s assumed by those who have taken orders (8,5)

Pinpointing a location and taking aim, one hears (6)

Victor hasn’t been chastised (6)

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Intercede; 5

Noise;

Scale; 11 6 6

Incite; 12

Resist;

Ostentatious;

Measurements; 7 7 15

Embarrass;

Relic;

Avert;

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