THE CROSSWORDS
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Left one extremely out of sorts (6)
4 He has no choice, poor man (6)
9 Sort out the middle of a tune with the composer (7) 10 Study I’m making of fabric (5) 11 Produce straight lines say (5) 12 Speech written on an envelope? (7)
13 An engagement in the main (5,6)
18 Secret serviceman (7)
20 A habit socially acceptable and wise (5)
22 French scrip issue (5)
23 Try to make a little yarn go a long way? (4,3)
24 One motor on fire perhaps (6) 25 Mean to overcharge youth leader (6)
DOWN
1 Ventilator in a gallery (6) 2 Composer of unusual drive (5)
3 I arrive all dishevelled in the South of France (7) 5 Concluded that many are in need maybe (5)
6 Polite man goes to fish (7) 7 Concerning a girl that’s careless (6)
8 To tell the truth one may make it (5,6)
14 Stemming from a rebellion (7)
15 He may go to an ancient city and sit in ruins (7)
16 In pain father is brave (6) 17 Extremely good man in church (6)
19 It has a shaky reputation as a writer (5)
21 A cupful of fruit (5)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Servile follower (6)
4 Robbery at gunpoint (4-2) 9 Triumphantly joyous (7) 10 Point in question (5)
11 Aquatic fish-eating mammal (5) 12 A semi-solid food (7)
13 State of acute difficulty (4,7) 18 Fast (7)
20 Acknowledge (5)
22 Hesitate to trust (5) 23 Avoiding controversy (7) 24 Tolerate (6)
25 Upward slope (6)
DOWN
1 Great in number (6)
2 Defraud (5)
3 Compel observance of (7)
5 Yet to be paid (5)
6 Throw into disorder (7)
7 Rather (6)
8 Rely on intuitive judgment (4,2,2,3) 14 Confiscate (7)
15 Puzzled (2,1,4)
16 A card game (6)
17 Urban road (6)
19 Inhibit (5)
21 Possibly (5)