THE CROSSWORDS CRYPTIC CLUES } QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Sent to India, possibly where one wanted to go (11)
9 Insinuated that the naughty child was a fibber, too (7)
10 Child gets out of bed to do sums (3,2)
11 They provide some security for American men (4)
12 More of the same in Latin (2,6)
14 Change roles? (6)
16 Made eyes red although out of the wind at first (6)
18 Possibly press one for an answer (8)
19 Queen of Carthage apparently took no action (4)
22 One is confused in two ways by the signs (5) 23 Board a tracked vehicle (7)
24 This form of state aid can be rather remote (2,1,8)
DOWN
2 Perhaps my pet needs feeding ! (5)
3 Adjust the sails and dock (4)
4 Untidy arrangement that would horrify Mrs Grundy! (6)
5 Visibly in tears (8)
6 In a bout we are able to last longer (7) 7 Personal impression that is very individual (11) 8 Vicissitudes rarely encountered in Holland (3,3,5)
13 Married in the old-fashioned way (8)
15 Get rid of players on strike (4,3)
17 Rose is involved in basketwork (6)
20 Is a short account for a patriarch (5)
21 Sicilian hothead (4)
PUZZLE 15817
ACROSS
1 In the first place (2,5,4) 9 Eight-sided figure (7) 10 Rule as sovereign (5) 11 Throw violently (4) 12 Abnormal (8) 14 Determine position of (6) 16 Mark of shame (6) 18 Insignificant (8) 19 Formerly (4)
22 Demand and obtain (5) 23 To annul (7) 24 Clairvoyance (6,5)
DOWN
2 External (5)
3 Effectiveness (4)
4 Refuse to notice (6) 5 Written guarantee (8) 6 Labouring (7)
7 In every detail (2,3,6) 8 Down for discussion (2,3,6) 13 Small slender dagger (8) 15 A country’s currency (7) 17 Caught in a trap (6) 20 Whinny (5)
21 A town in Piedmont (4)