CRYPTIC CLUES
Quick Clues
ACROSS
7. Linger (6)
8. Hurry (6)
10. Maim (7)
11. Dark (5)
12. Converse (4)
13. Fishing boat (5)
17. Humorous (5)
18. Nil (4)
22. Ascend (5)
23. Chaos (7)
24. Condition (6)
25 . evere (6)
DOWN
1. Pacify (7)
2. Laughable (7)
3. Entice (5)
4. Oast (7)
5. Phase (5)
6. Sturdy (5)
9. End (9)
14. Equivocate (7)
15. Lodge (7)
16. Corrupt (7)
19. Mock (5)
20. Dirt (5)
21. Fireplace (5)
Yesterday’s Solutions
ACROSS: 1 Alter; 4 Stand up; 8 Tumbler; 9 Tacit; 10 Eros; 11 Skirmish; 13 Site; 14 Fore; 16 Entrance; 17 Sped; 20 Idled; 21 Oration; 22 Endless; 23 Merit
DOWN: 1 At the same time; 2 Tempo; 3 Rule; 4 Strike; 5 Anterior; 6 Decline; 7 Put the lid on it; 12 Straddle; 13 Settled; 15 Across; 18 Prior; 19 Maim.
ACROSS
7. One is not keen to show it (6)
8. Grab a few notes (6)
10. Listen to only half the score and cheer (7)
11. Pale, and pass out (5)
12. Close to the Rhine Army detachment (4)
13. Take a long look at rates reform (5)
17. A digit next to the index (5)
18. A lot may be gained by such a singer (4)
22. Drink to a graduate of dance (5)
23. Can shut out the firm (7)
24. Trifling snub (6)
25. A fashionably dressed person too (2,4)
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Two vehicles for one (7)
Colour selected by snooker-player Jimmy (5)
It’s a costume, all the same (7)
Said to have remained sedate (5)
Talks of French felines (5)
Body expert putting a particle first (9) The girl sorts out hats and covers (7) Deceiving flattery used to get a face cloth (7)
A driver tries to avoid one — a tinker hopes to find one (7)
Got up to look like a girl (5)
Bat I’m using to get a boundary (5)
Stop with feet, say (5)
DOWN 1. Stylish running (7) Yesterday’s Solutions ACROSS: 1 Class; 4 Learned; 8 Upright; 9 Noted; 10 Till; 11 Fair play; 13 Cain; 14 Fare; 16 Test tube; 17 Flog; 20 Talon; 21 Siamese; 22 Endless; 23 Links
DOWN: 1 Courtesy title; 2 April; 3 Sage; 4 Lethal; 5 Abnormal; 6 Natalie; 7 Daddy-longlegs; 12 Distance; 13 Castled; 15 Abuses; 18 Lie in; 19 Dail.