THE CROSSWORDS
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Cared about appearing bent (5)
4 He was famous as a chemist over half Europe (7) 8 Bird in the nest (3)
9 Small rises that naturally precede bigger ones (9) 10 Titanic destroyer (7)
11 Key officer (5)
13 His map is spoiled by accident (6) 15 Charming nobleman of fiction (6)
18 Acted as a beginner (5)
19 It stops the listener (7)
21 Holding back all those left outside school (9) 23 Record that gets burned (3)
24 Hero worship was fatal to him (7)
25 Yet they may be uplands, down South (5)
DOWN
1 It is mingled with shame and disbelief (7) 2 Digested, as milk may be (9)
3 He wrote of French opposition (5)
4 It enables farmers to make a good turnover (6) 5 He plans to no good purpose (7)
6 It comes from the elver (3)
7 One who gets up some enterprise recklessly (5) 12 The beastly code that allows ruthless competition (6,3)
14 Revised tale with a revolutionary ending (7) 16 Binds books (7)
17 No rise for those more advanced in service (6) 18 Fifty or a hundred turn up for a song (5) 20 Valued trade, perhaps (5)
22 A postscript is about spring (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Lisbon’s river (5) 4 Pierced with many holes (7) 8 Unplayable tennis service (3) 9 VIP treatment (3,6)
10 Act of contrition (7)
11 A leisure pursuit (5) 13 Ready to fall asleep (6) 15 French WW2 Resistance (6) 18 Receiver of stolen goods (5) 19 Instance (7)
21 Casino game (9) 23 Equality of score (3) 24 Rather old (7) 25 Anxiety (5)
DOWN
1 Caught by a trick (7)
2 Raw, inexperienced person (9) 3 Audible warning device (5) 4 Atone for (6)
5 Greek currency unit (7) 6 Impudence (3) 7 Amiably eccentric (5) 12 Nautical signal flag (4,5) 14 Legislature’s president (7) 16 Picturesque view (7) 17 Bequest (6)
18 Tale with a moral (5) 20 Crookedly (5)
22 Say further (3)