{ THE CROSSWORDS }
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Custom-made clothes (5) 4 Carry us back to the mark (7) 8 Frigid acceptance of explanation by the sound of it (3) 9 In addition to the principal’s expenses (9) 10 He breaks into a politician’s address (7) 11 Irritable fictional friend of Mole and Toad (5) 13 Fair in the city centre (6) 15 Wagnerian heroine that is about to be disposed of (6) 18 Canvas supporter (5) 19 Soup can be freshly made for the star (7) 21 A harvest on new soil in ancient Greece (9) 23 Have to concede (3) 24 Take a side turning perhaps (7) 25 A loyal subject in Belgium (5)
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1 Sort of sight he encountered in the Alps (7) 2 Young male troopers (3,6) 3 Monster fish? (5) 4 One range held by a hosier ran out (6) 5 Fields of activity he gets a mixed press about (7) 6 Girl not able to be found in Canada (3) 7 Overturning an abode of pigs is unpleasant (5) 12 Give one a ring, then elope perhaps (9) 14 One illness after another (7) 16 Concentration required when driving in France (7) 17 What most fish have to be weighed on (6) 18 Animal not usually laden (5) 20 Sort of organ that sometimes needs a blower (5) 22 Fix the sails and masts (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Arrangement (3-2) 4 Highest in authority (7) 8 Other than (3) 9 Opportune (4-5) 10 Mistakenly (2,5) 11 Myth (5) 13 Prize (6) 15 Binding promise (6) 18 A conifer (5) 19 Condemnatory (7) 21 Surliness (3,6) 23 Towing vessel (3) 24 Artillery unit (7) 25 Sharpened (5)
DOWN
1 Remain alive (7) 2 On the credit side (2,3,4) 3 Electricity (5) 4 Hot and humid (6) 5 Contemptible (7) 6 Hard heavy wood (3) 7 To clothe (5) 12 A court game (9) 14 Hirsute (7) 16 Betrothed (7) 17 Imbecility (6) 18 Ascent (5) 20 Merriment (5) 22 Destiny (3)