CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Respite from being held down? (3-2)

4 A cinema organisation showing insufficient

vitality (7)

8 Sink back and talk (3)

9 Complain about a record made for the trade (9)

A hundred girls in school (7)

Find crate broken (5)

Be highly observant (4,2)

Makes work play perhaps (6)

Going in for competition attempt (5)

Hill split by flood (7)

Helper to help the worker (9)

It may move with the current - possibly electric (3)

24 Objected to work, took up modelling (7) 25 Decoration only given to subordinates? (5) 10 11 13 15 18 19 21 23

DOWN

1 Sound recording I ordered on brief visit (7) 2 Throw a fight and spend the night worrying about it? (4,5)

Space out steps (5)

Stop a criminal proceeding (6)

Broken treadle had a warning notice (7)

Slice of tomato lying on the floor (3)

Publicly demand part for a Scottish runner (5) Be frightened of arrest (9)

Greek hero, oddly sly in habits (7)

Colonist gets letters sent out (7)

Leave high and dry on the beach (6)

Bend an ear to the Muse of poetry (5)

A trio bent on making a relationship (5) Weaken the position of a fool (3) 3 4 5 6 7 12 14 16 17 18 20 22

DOWN

1 Disunited (7)

2 Listen eagerly (2,3,4)

3 Power to enforce (5) 4 Convincing (6)

5 Plant of buttercup family (7) 6 Endeavour (3)

7 Fermented apple drink (5) 12 An initial advantage (4,5) 14 Fidelity (7)

16 A giant conifer (7)

17 Empty (6)

18 Allude (5)

20 Offer as excuse (5) 22 Nocturnal bird of prey (3)