THE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Doctor got up in a bad mood (6) 4 Piano hire on request (6) 9 Look at car registration in Switzerland (7) 10 Add six, six and five hundred being very bright (5) 11 In the main it’s a disaster (5) 12 Money still to be paid on a watch (7) 13 Admitted, one may have had to pay it (8,3) 18 Unusual up-trend in showing common sense (7) 20 The rest of the artists (5) 22 Load the vehicle and leave (5) 23 One may look better after visiting him (7) 24 Sent us out at the end of the day (6) 25 He has no choice, poor chap (6)

DOWN

1 African state - one under matriarchal rule (6) 2 Just a short reconnaissance (5) 3 Smith is one refusing to work (7) 5 Plane going up or down (5) 6 Increase the loan (7) 7 Went against the current trend? (6) 8 With such locks there’s safety in numbers (11) 14 Turn one out, though it’s free of charge (7) 15 Put to death and do it with a will (7) 16 Tiny marks on glasses reportedly (6) 17 Tailored result is a loose overcoat (6) 19 Elicit approval in a girl (5) 21 Wound almost tight (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Contemptible (6) 4 A precious metal (6) 9 Person guilty of offence (7) 10 Wrinkled (5) 11 Lissom (5) 12 Gigantic (7) 13 Achieve marvellous results (4,7) 18 Received news about (5,2) 20 Of utmost importance (5) 22 A fall from a horse (5) 23 Hitherto (2,2,3) 24 Book for keeping accounts (6) 25 Recollection (6)

DOWN

1 Corn-cutting hand tool (6) 2 Apportion (5) 3 Frenzied (7) 5 Creek (5) 6 Wine merchant (7) 7 Narrow down (6) 8 Unsettled continuing change (5,2,4) 14 Hardly deserving the name (2,1,4) 15 Ardent enthusiast (7) 16 Carpentry tool (6) 17 Unhurriedly (6) 19 Search energetically (5) 21 Latin American ballroom dance (5)

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