THE CROSSWORDS

PUZZLE 16223

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 Euclid doesn’t begin to make things clear (5) 4 Has prep to revise, maybe (7)

8 Eggs remaining sound (3)

9 Uninterrupted flow of traffic (4,5)

10 They join in operations (7)

11 Heads for the underworld (5)

13 Turned on a bad parent (6)

15 Sorted, resorted and stocked (6)

18 A source of pleasure or aid, perhaps (5)

19 Hide article in play (7)

21 Not in front of the supporters (9)

23 Operate in sequence (3)

24 Seldom will it stop to put thought into words (7)

25 Name of a good man the first mate is after (5)

DOWN

1 Two ways to regard an informal survey (4-3) 2 Specially commissioned three-card trick? (9) 3 Put off being freed perhaps (5)

4 It’s said to be polite (6)

5 Idle chatter has teeth on edge (7)

6 Girl in sad array (3)

7 When dancers take them they’re on the level (5)

12 Little known competitor, like Black Beauty (4,5)

14 Seek an engagement - or work, in plain language (7)

16 Exploding grenade is enough to make anyone mad (7)

17 Friends show Capone is untruthful (6)

18 Rob with a gun (5)

20 In a way age is some protection (5)

22 Wash all round (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Herb of onion family (5) 4 Festoon of flowers (7) 8 Impudence (3)

9 Final demand (9)

10 Invest (7)

11 Willing (5)

13 To manifest (6)

15 Language of Israel (6) 18 Four-wheeled goods vehicle (5) 19 Instance (7)

21 Prominent (2,3,4)

23 Large amount (3) 24 Cleanliness (7)

25 Flavour (5)

DOWN

1 Degree of excellence (7) 2 Incidentally (2,7)

3 Avoid adroitly (5)

4 Reduced to a shell (6) 5 Regret for doing wrong (7) 6 Play the part of (3)

7 Squat (5)

12 Ancient Athens citadel (9) 14 Accept as valid (7) 16 To struggle (7)

17 Previously (6)

18 Surveillance (5) 20 Wide-awake (5)

22 Pull hard (3)