the crosswords

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 One who doesn’t believe in free speech (7) 5 Inclined to be flat? (5) 8 Stagecoach industry (9) 9 Recovered from a sudden attack (3) 10 Made-up cheese (4) 12 Humiliating return from a summit meeting? (8) 14 A binding affair is arranged (6) 15 A vote having gone to the other side (6) 17 Just the same it means you had the right money (2,6) 18 It can’t be passed in silence (4) 21 Charm exhibited by Japanese women (3) 22 A host of local supporters (9) 24 Canny sort of woman (5) 25 Mean to issue a statement before very long (7)

DOWN

1 Avoid committing oneself about the garden perhaps (5) 2 Pass for an officer briefly (3) 3 Records that may finish up on the fire (4) 4 Free with money (6) 5 Bearing gifts as might be said vaguely (8) 6 Not working; a shade unwell (3-6) 7 Nurse in bizarre sex case holds out (7) 11 Tender feeling from a foe in fact is odd (9) 13 There’s merriment when a girl swallows it (8) 14 In poor health - result of a car accident? (3,4) 16 A note to finish a list of things to be seen to (6) 19 Grandiose Elgar variation (5) 20 Lot is said in celebration (4) 23 Fitness training takes on a vegetarian

association (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Earnestly invite (7) 5 Cry of a horse (5) 8 Remove from power forcibly (9) 9 Small seed in fruit (3) 10 Enclosure for sheep (4) 12 South Australia’s capital (8) 14 Become used up (3,3) 15 Marsh (6) 17 Laughably inept (8) 18 Contemptible (4) 21 An alcoholic spirit (3) 22 Having inside information (2,3,4) 24 Mineral used for polishing (5) 25 No less (7)

DOWN

1 Eat greedily (5) 2 Be situated (3) 3 Give as instance (4) 4 Long vehement denunciation (6) 5 Invigorating fresh talent (3,5) 6 Show to be a participator (9) 7 Unfortunate (7) 11 Relating to more distant future (4-5) 13 Pointlessness (8) 14 Person seeking sanctuary (7) 16 Gossip (6) 19 Quite impossible! (2,3) 20 South American country (4) 23 Nothing (3)