Crossword Puzzle

NO. 16 425

Quick Clues

ACROSS

7. Caring (13)

8. Oratory (8)

9. Citrus fruit (4)

10. Pastel (6)

12. Floating (6)

14. Mollusc (6)

16. Gloomy (6)

18. Monarch (4)

20. Briskness (8)

22. Football striker (6,7)

DOWN

1. Maternal (8)

2. Absence of interest (6)

3. Former Russian ruler

(4)

4. Food fish (8)

5. Fisherman (6)

6. Article (4)

11. Told (8)

13. Break (8)

15. Pantihose (6)

17. Astute (6)

19. Notion (4)

21. Soon (4)

Yesterday’s Solutions

ACROSS: 1 Chic; 8 Horizontal; 9 Betrayal; 10 Ruin; 12 Hidden; 14 August; 15 Versus; 17 Dreamy; 18 Tsar; 19 Insolent; 21 Recuperate; 22 Reek

DOWN: 2 Homeliness; 3 Char; 4 Crayon; 5 Azalea; 6 Intrigue; 7 Plan; 11 Inseminate; 13 Desirous; 16 Soiled; 17 Dismay; 18 Tire; 20 Leer.

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

7. He wouldn’t be expected to prevent daylight robbery! (5,8)

8. It’s his job to try the instrument (8) 9. A particular piece of white marble (4) 10. Vegetable container found in the dump (6) 12. One by one (6)

14. Adjust the nets in this game (6)

16. Turn of phrase for one from the Himalayas (6)

18. Entice one into a racket (4)

20. How supplies are delivered at the front (2,3,3)

22. Giving undivided attention to condensing the matter (13) DOWN

1. It’s fashionable occupying safe, easy job

(8)

Yesterday’s Solutions

ACROSS: 1 Step; 8 In the right; 9 Absentee; 10 Each; 18 Odds; 19 Panorama; 21 Groundwork; 22 Ends DOWN: 2 Timberyard; 3 Pile; 4 Stated; 5 Repeat; Blissful; 16 Impede; 17 Window; 18 Olga; 20 Rake.

2. Unseated from a high perch, we hear (6) 3. Was outstanding poetry, by the sound of it (4)

4. They begin the first course (8)

5. Carriage providing a seat for the Frenchman (6)

6. No longer savage, thanks to me (4)

11. They may be aroused when father is involved with sons (8)

13.` Shows the significance of obsolete aircraft, one hears (8)

15. Observe what one who is redundant is given (6)

17. Unruffled by back-street incidents (6) 19. The madman may have run like this, but mother returns all right (4)

21. Direct one’s attention to a revolution (4)

12 Probed; 14 Trifle; 15 Wapiti; 17 Wreath; 6 Likewise; 7 Itch; 11 Call to mind; 13