the crosswords

PUZZLE 14593

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Ghana fits an unusual concept of Asian country (11) 9 How happy cowboys might be? (7) 10 Permit a chap on the base (5) 11 Too wrapped up in local society (4) 12 Window providing ventilation and illumination (8) 14 Worshipped bustle and colour (6) 16 Who had ordered a seat on a Jumbo? (6) 18 Each vies desperately and is successful (8) 19 It’s a very good headlight (4) 22 Inside accommodation (5) 23 Learned man or learning youngster (7) 24 A patchy lot of comics? (6,5)

DOWN

2 Frustrates construction of fencing equipment (5) 3 Victor gets an embrace and a ring (4) 4 The country has no right to open a road (6) 5 All is not as it should be in the stud (8) 6 Maintained a member took part in a crooked deal (7) 7 Gain advantage with appropriate military music (5,1,5) 8 It may receive calls to change the management (11) 13 A setback resulting from several different reasons initially (8) 15 Shakespearean character (7) 17 The sound of the Beatles? (6) 20 Amid ragtag lowlife it’s shining brightly (5) 21 Overcook the fish? (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Have an argument (5,6) 9 Come to grief (7) 10 Pretext (5) 11 As much as (4) 12 Relevant (8) 14 To guarantee (6) 16 Out of sight (6) 18 Hasty and careless (8) 19 Incite by encouragement (4) 22 A tenth part (5) 23 Search thoroughly (7) 24 Considerable sum of money (6,5)

DOWN

2 Awaken (5) 3 Team (4) 4 Text of play, film etc. (6) 5 Semi-dramatic choral work (8) 6 Regarded as a god (7) 7 Unavoidably (2,9) 8 Compromise (4-3-4) 13 Degree of slope (8) 15 Severely damage (7) 17 Large fish-eating hawk (6) 20 Person’s intellectual capacity (5) 21 At any time (4)