Quick Clues

ACROSS

7. Motive (6)

8. Column (6)

10. Prosperity (7)

11. Decree (5)

12. Always (4)

13. Inane (5)

17. Sham (5)

18. Let it stand (4)

22. Sufficient (5)

23. Rebuke (7)

24. Reviled (6)

25. Take for granted (6)

DOWN

1. Thrive (7)

2. Axe (7)

3. Lid (5)

4. Mean (7)

5. Plain (5)

6. Banal (5)

9. Industrious (9)

14. Yet (7)

15. Layer (7)

16. Deliberate (7)

19. Deadly (5)

20. Nozzle (5)

21. Fat (5)

Yesterday’s Solutions

ACROSS: 1 Peril; 4 Scholar; 8 Recover; 9 Minus; 10 Pure; 11 Wireless; 13 Bath; 14 Lean; 16 Narrator; 17 Flea; 20 Laden; 21 Timpani; 22 Admirer; 23 Glean.

DOWN: 1 Paraphernalia; 2 Recur; 3 Love; 4 Sordid; 5 Hampered; 6 Lantern; 7 Resuscitation; 12 Strainer; 13 Boredom; 15 Porter; 18 Leave; 19 Smug.

ACROSS

7. Please change the state of one who may be caught napping (6) More suitable to be a mechanic (6) It’s the position of the bishop to superintend (7)

11. See 12 Across

12. & 11Ac Takes the chair when inebriated and stays put! (4,5) Clump of bushes will cause one to stop (5) The man seen in headgear bought at bargain price (5)

18. & 3Dn Bans a fete – substitutes a banquet (4-5)

22. See 5 Down

23. Use up the supplies of car component (7)

24. This is involved with no eastern religion (6)

25. It provides cover at arm’s length (6)

Yesterday’s Solutions ACROSS: 1 Downs; 4 Maintop; 8 Inmates; 9 Theta; King; Time-lags; 16 Salesmen; 17 Halo; 20 Naomi; 21 Leading; 22 Sonnets; Timon. DOWN: 1 Drinking songs; 2 Women; 3 Sets; 4 Mashie; 5 In the way; 6 The pace; organ; 12 Allspice; 13 Balloon; 15 Belles; 18 Axiom; 19 Fast.

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