THE CROSSWORDS
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1 Reckon to keep fit (4,3)
5 One way to apply a finish to education (5)
8 Contemplating dining out about ten (9)
9 Skill in particular (3)
10 It’s unchanged when returned to me (4)
12 Remote chance a sniper may take (4,4)
14 Euclid confused her (6)
15 Follows directions and engages in litigation (6)
17 You may win one on points (8)
18 Nominally she gets five years (4)
21 Eggs of no value (3)
22 Billy took forty winks - that’s novel (9)
24 Wood spirit supposedly drunk in ancient times (5)
25 A betrayal that will pack the theatre (4-3)
Down
1 Stands by for callers at Christmas (5)
2 Unpopular art form (3)
3 Has now moved South (4)
4 Stand and fall over a piece of wood (6)
5 Taking on the enemy (8)
6 He, you and pals got involved in the theatre (9)
7 Understatement in T.S. Eliot play (7)
11 Speak evil of a worker wanting to do harm (9)
13 He deals in capital investments (8)
14 A second order of clergy (7)
16 A poem’s positive points (6)
19 Examination on book work (5)
20 A love outwardly secure (4)
23 One who get paid for Latin? (3)
QUICK CLUES
Across
1 Superficial wound (7)
5 Go and bring (5)
8 On the other hand (4,5) 9 Slow old boat (3) 10 Question persistently (4)
12 Grounds (8)
14 Alleviation of pain (6)
15 Fashionable craze (6)
17 Overnight break in travel (4-4)
18 Pile (4)
21 Obstruct (3)
22 With the purpose of (2,5,2)
24 Each single (5)
25 Shake involuntarily (7)
Down
1 Start to show interest (3,2)
2 Feel regret for (3)
3 Title of Russian emperors (4)
4 Paradise (6)
5 Whimsical (8)
6 Prominent (2,3,4)
7 A frequenter (7)
11 Australian city (9)
13 Speed (8)
14 Ludicrous (7)
16 Rebellion (6)
19 Critical investigation (5)
20 Indolent (4)
23 Poke fun at (3)