THE CROSSWORDS
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 This could make you afraid to go on (5,6) 9 The only luggage that one needs? (7) 10 Machinery for the garden (5)
11 Trick for finding right employment (4) 12 An animal looking for his master (5,3) 14 An asinine remark (6)
16 Sleeps soundly (6)
18 An impartial outlook is nothing a writer has to take care of (4,4)
19 Part of the modern Polish-german border (4)
22 A blow for fishermen (5)
23 The jam-making trade? (7)
24 He prefers to be in good company (11)
DOWN
2 Counts and recounts (5)
3 Stimulus produced by travel publicity (4) 4 Double over and collapse (4,2)
5 Being saucy I am put outside the room (8)
6 He keeps a lot to himself (7)
7 Poor little creature (6,5)
8 Longing to take part? (5-6)
13 He works when the sun’s shining? That’s a blow (8)
15 It protects an organ from dust (7) 17 Quickly take a few notes, maybe (6)
20 He wrote of French adversary (5) 21 Seasonal drop (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Easily decided (4-3-4) 9 Heroic achievement (7) 10 Subside (5)
11 Part to be played (4) 12 Perplex (8)
14 Vague belief (6) 16 Learned person (6) 18 Stocky (8)
19 Tiresome person (4) 22 Originate (5)
23 Point of view (7) 24 Stingy (5-6)
DOWN
2 Student (5)
3 Gas used in lights (4)
4 A spice (6)
5 Roomy (8)
6 Without others’ help (7) 7 Normal deterioration (4,3,4) 8 Spy (6,5)
13 Permanently (3,5)
15 Of little importance (7) 17 Cause to explode (3,3) 20 Bring up (5)
21 Particular inclination (4)