THE CROSSWORDS

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Sewer’s cramp? (6)

4 Not sound advice if this tap gets stuck (6)

9 Sort of sea-bird from China? (7)

10 Once more makes a profit (5) 11 Got down to making a proposal? (5)

12 He makes one cross at times (7)

13 The option Adam had? (5,6) 18 Crime of corrupt senator (7) 20 Port and orange (5)

22 Animal gives everything back to mother (5)

23 Honour a bill on demand (7) 24 Witness at a trial (6)

25 He takes great interest in your need for cash (6)

DOWN

1 He is taken in by a bearded Indian chief of the desert (6)

2 Children of Susie? (5) 3 Makes a secret assignation

(7)

5 Stone used in bagatelle (5) 6 Being confused it is sent up

in the wrong coach (7) 7 Occupation to take up and

perhaps rue (6)

8 Camping out or sailing

perhaps (5,6)

14 Not altogether true (7) 15 Doesn’t approve of material

things? (7)

16 All set out to see the girl (6) 17 Hostilities over the sea in

France are hotting up (6) 19 Ship’s rigging in boxes (5) 21 Feeling unusually frail (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Refuse to accept (6) 4 Like better (6) 9 Weakly sentimental (7) 10 Biological group (5) 11 To institute (3,2) 12 Apparent (7)

13 No longer at risk (3,2,6) 18 Disentangle (7) 20 Recurrent round (5) 22 Bet (5)

23 Perform surgery (7) 24 Walk unsteadily (6) 25 An inviolable refuge (6)

DOWN

1 Lax (6)

2 Short pleasure trip (5) 3 Style of West Indian music (7) 5 Exactly (5)

6 Burst of publicity (7) 7 Dwell permanently (6) 8 Ruthlessly (2,4,5) 14 Strictly honourable (7) 15 Vital central part (7)

16 Be too clever for (6) 17 Make up for (6) 19 Vitality (5)

21 A swimming stroke (5)