CRYPTIC CLUES

Quick Clues

ACROSS

1. Union (11)

9. Fish (3)

10. Concentrated (9)

11. Mendacious (5)

13. Pharmacist (7)

14. Sooner (6)

16. Despot (6)

18. Ground (7)

19. Resided (5)

20. Working (9)

21. Court (3)

22. Growth (11)

DOWN

2. Lubricate (3)

3. Fetch (5)

4. Observe (6)

5. Tautly (7)

6. Initiate (9)

7. Statement (11)

8. Restoration (11)

12. Come between (9)

15. Arise (7)

17. Blue-violet (6)

19. Vision (5)

21. Pale (3)

Yesterday’s Solutions

ACROSS: 1 Play; 3 Discount; 9 Reigned; 10 Noise; 11 Predilection; 17 Disreputable; 20 Often; 21 Emotion; 22 Redeemed; 23 Idol. DOWN: 1 Perspire; 2 Alive; 4 Indeed; 5 Construction; 6 Uniform; Internal; 14 Tainted; 16 Sphere; 18 Blind; 19 Poor. 7 13

Ratify; 15 Summon;

Tier; 8

Indifference; 12

DOWN

2. To sum up say something further (3)

3. Excellent, if not fast, way to surpass others (5)

It describes a foot in metres (6) Painstaking preparation (7)

Holding back all those left outside school (9)

An oasis should make a good one! (7,4) In which saints appear dramatically (7,4) Crush something repulsive, perhaps (9) It happens the record is poetry (7) Continental ingredient of a fricassee (6) A view that makes sense (5)

The standard is taken from Paris (3)

ACROSS

1. An outstanding breadwinner in Germany would once have done so (4,3,4) It links in human destiny (3) Apprehensive of being shot? (6-3) A N.European returned in dismay (5) Succeed in getting a woman to take it on (7) They fight with one another (6) Repair broken weapon (6) Fresh, if muddled, officer (7) Pay attention and lose some sleep (3,2) A habit-forming occupation (9) Wild ape indistinguishable from its vegetarian fellow? (3)

22. They do well with their money (11) Yesterday’s Solutions ACROSS: 1 Ebbs; 3 Indolent; 9 Rhyming; 10 Error; 11 Perfect pitch; 17 Ten-gallon hat; 20 Extra; 21 Indulge; 22 Tear-drop; 23 Isis. DOWN: 1 European; 2 Buyer; 4 Nights; 5 Opening words; 6 Earache; 7 Tory; 8 Rider Haggard; 12 Editress; 14 Inertia; 16 Albino; 18 Holds; 19 Lent.

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Agreed;