THE CROSSWORDS

PUZZLE 16042

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Tasty dish, or picture of one? (10)

8 He provided music for the network with some hesitation (5)

9 Make up pet term for the Devil (7)

10 Idle chatter has teeth on edge (7)

11 Some vestige of sanctity? (5)

12 They hold an alternative view of things (6)

14 Blurt out the article included is vicious (6)

17 Measures for those that want to go straight (5)

19 Irreverence shown by the little devil I have yet to reform (7)

21 You want to be this (7)

22 Yet it provides academic standing (5)

23 He has no right to be on land (10)

DOWN

2 He often resorts to a piece in colour (7)

3 A means of current escape which sustains us (5)

4 Eastern country which one may willingly leave (6)

5 Married eccentric lover (7)

6 Praise for former duty, we hear (5)

7 He naturally works his way up (10)

8 Strive to command union action (4,2,4)

13 Note given to the ill will get a rest (7)

15 Between a dozen and a score of

youngsters so described (7)

16 Record a sale of jewellery at a high price (4,2)

18 Solicitors hold it to be permissible (5)

20 Space out steps (5)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS

1 Form of pickled cabbage (10) 8 Unit of weight for gems (5) 9 Mischievous (7)

10 Casing for aircraft engine (7) 11 River of Pakistan (5)

12 To lure (6)

14 Recoil instinctively (6)

17 A light beer (5)

19 Byword (7)

21 Malodorous (7)

22 Ascent (5)

23 Pasta and vegetable soup (10)

DOWN

2 A stone fruit (7)

3 Praise highly (5)

4 Central part (6)

5 Great suffering (7)

6 33.33% (5)

7 Turkish meat dish (5,5)

8 Filled tubes of pasta (10)

13 Satirical drawing (7)

15 Of Spain and Portugal (7)

16 Unexpected defeats (6)

18 German folklorist brothers (5)

20 US film award (5)