CRYPTIC CLUES

Quick Clues

ACROSS

1. Radiance (10)

7. Concerning (5)

8. Huge (7)

10. Certain (8)

11. Burn (4)

13. Natural (6)

15. Nasty (6)

17. Competent (4)

18. Regular (8)

21. Scrutinise (7)

22. Monarch (5)

23. Indignation (10)

DOWN

1. Smashed (5)

2. Gap (8)

3. Sympathetic (6)

4. Call (4)

5. Asphyxiate (7)

6. Slander (10)

9. Ancestral (10)

12. Interpret (8)

14. Free (7)

16. Instant (6)

19. Apportion (5)

20. Exist (4)

Friday’s Solutions

ACROSS: 6 Tumbler; 7 Smear; 9 Tax; 19 Mix; 21 Sloth; 22 Produce.

DOWN: 1 Rural; 2 Ebb; 3 Seer; 4 Imitation; 5 Harvest; 8 Amount; 11 Disparity; 13 Casket; 14 Orderly; 16 Pitch; 18 Earn; 20 Odd. 10

Primitive; 12

Discourtesy; 15

Proposition; 17

Retriever;

DOWN

1. Lack of clear profit for sizeable musical group (5)

He’s set to vary the drives of course (3,5) See 21 Across

Behold an advance (4)

Prominent visitor from abroad seen in the street (7)

Reliable youngsters employed equestrian centre (6-4)

Battle clothing for women with key jobs? (10)

Company no longer restricts administrative regions (8)

A bouquet for Judy (7)

A bit each (6)

Calms rough sea round the south-east (5) An inclination to take part in tournaments (4)

ACROSS

1. It’s transformed by unaffected expert on plant life (10) Get in the shade somehow (5) Justice in Shakespeare is far from profound (7) Joint suppliers of a Schubert arrangement (8) Put up with being stripped, we hear (4) E.g this will upset the river crews (6) Strong ale ‚Äì he can carry a load! (6) Some of the racecourses not belonging to them (4)

18. Painless adjustment for dogs (8)

21. & 3Dn. On the edge of the main holiday centre! (7,6) Is to go to law for the children (5) The Dee Sisters becoming important personalities on paper! (10)

Friday’s Solutions ACROSS: 6 Colours; 7 Signs; 9 And; 10 19 Tax; 21 Glean; 22 Keeping. DOWN: 1 Downs; 2 Box; 3 Arno; 4 Miscreant; 5 In touch; 8 Clutch; 11 Portrayal; 13 German; 14 Fatally; 16 Gains; 18 Lied; 20 Ups.

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Collector; 12

Long stretch; 15 at

Battery hens; 17 the

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