{ THE CROSSWORDS }
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 A turbulent river reach (6)
4 Murder mother for the estate (6)
9 He’s got a job at last (7)
10 She’s a hole in her sandals, perhaps (5) 11 Anne’s brought back a plant (5)
12 Alice’s top drawer? (7)
13 Dead tired? (3,2,6)
18 International insurance show (7)
20 Artist when old retires south (5)
22 Victor loses his head going round the bull (5) 23 It’s often faced with resolution (3,4)
24 Rarely seen part of the French president’s residence (6)
25 A Spaniard is a handsome fellow (6)
DOWN
1 Confront with small account charge (6) 2 Flier appears to steal in (5)
3 A burning issue may rise out of it (7)
5 Mr Welles gave no backing to horse he withdrew (5)
6 One who may take one to arms, perhaps (7) 7 Settle down to some earnest letter writing (6) 8 Sticking out for the potato insect (11)
14 Not shrewd? That’s strange (7)
15 Given an income, but at the end was in debt (7)
16 She can turn out to be an upper class niece (6) 17 Assumes in pretence (6)
19 Five Gaelic lines of poetry (5)
21 Gather it could be an angel (5)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Leave out (6)
4 Thinly scattered (6)
9 Cause of affliction (7) 10 Assign (5)
11 Birds of duck family (5) 12 Deep-seated enmity (7) 13 Providing barest needs (4-2-5) 18 Delay between related events (4,3) 20 Come after (5)
22 To offer in excuse (5)
23 Free time (7)
24 Cause to vanish (6)
25 Too thin (6)
DOWN
1 Flag of nationality (6) 2 Throttle (5)
3 Betoken (7) 5 Unembellished (5) 6 Exclude as possibility (4,3) 7 Wring (6)
8 Noble nature (5,2,4) 14 Lacking any purpose (7) 15 Tapering stone pillar (7) 16 Senseless (6)
17 Simply (6) 19 Long-handled deep spoon (5) 21 Reject with contempt (5)