{ THE CROSSWORDS }
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Makes up lies and goes onto something else (5,2)
5 Mohammedan lawyer in plain clothes (5)
8 Lively car Muriel ordered (9)
9 Creature having pointed small feet (3)
10 Any key but one (4)
12 It’s not right having more surplus (4,4)
14 Opportunity a gambler may take (6)
15 A new bride’s bits and pieces (6)
17 Pay no regard to a trade concession (8)
18 Arrange live coverage (4)
21 Does it come softly from the coop? (3)
22 He ends up in the relay race or tug-of-war (6,3)
24 The bilingual machine (5)
25 She gets the highest score (7)
DOWN
1 The French Scotsman is a poor specimen (5)
2 Some manner of music (3)
3 Squalid place where people live, fifty in all (4) 4 Fixed form of denial (6)
5 A train driver (8)
6 Give away lines? (4,5)
7 Limits in rents perhaps (7)
11 The conveyance of ecstasy? (9)
13 Touching display of regal appreciation (8)
14 If a man is willing, this may be added (7)
16 Criticises strikes (6)
19 Give Heather a ring - but mind your language (5)
20 Beginner’s course (4)
23 Mother has love at heart for a bird (3)
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Very ugly (7)
5 A multi-columned list (5)
8 According to the rules (2,3,4) 9 In error (3)
10 An enclosed area (4)
12 French card game (8)
14 For example (4,2)
15 Threefold (6)
17 Interpret (8)
18 False notion (4)
21 A small hole or loop (3)
22 Part left over (9)
24 Uncivil (5)
25 Very sad event (7)
DOWN
1 Leisure pursuit (5) 2 Small round mark (3) 3 Ready for business (4) 4 Watchword (6) 5 Proceed cautiously (4,4) 6 Life story (9)
7 Give a right to (7) 11 Teller of anecdotes (9) 13 Exceptionally proficient (8) 14 Attainment of fame (7) 16 Highest point (6)
19 Able to bear cold (5) 20 Capital of Peru (4)
23 A female deer (3)