THE CROSSWORD PUZZLE 14917

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Clubs maybe where admirals may be seen? (11)

9 Offer - or wait for a better offer (4,3)

10 A little hooter (5)

11 How much, say, is a unit of power? (4)

12 For Wagnerian hero standard fails unexpectedly (8)

14 In a wood there’s a female angler (6)

16 Educational measure? (6)

18 Scholarly in theory (8)

19 High spot of getting married in a church (4)

22 Doctor, I have reduced energy (5)

23 Pitch of the roof? (7)

24 History teachers who are real experts? (4,7)

DOWN

2 Left out until rewritten (5)

3 African goes up into space (4)

4 Right sort of taxes without added charges (6)

5 It’s close to home or posted a little way out (8)

6 Necessitate having to collect? (4,3)

7 A decisive manual exhibition (4,2,5)

8 Didn’t miss any of the athletics meeting, anyway (2,3,6)

13 Submissive; always coming up with regular payment (8)

15 It’s a man in distress. This may keep him going (7)

17 Not a bird; it chirps and flies (6)

20 A rich sort of job for a professor (5)

21 Catch sight of a pimple (4)