CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES

Across

1. Radio receivers (7,4) 9. Usual procedure (7) 10. Concerning (5) 11. Appeal earnestly (5) 12. Penetration (7) 13. Man's name (6) 15. Support (6) 18. Chorus (7) 20. Grass cutter (5) 22. Excellence (5) 23. Dog (7)

24. Egg timers (11)

Down

2. Stir (5) 3. Rotating rod (7) 4. Type of acid (6) 5. Closes up (5) 6. Notion (7) 7. Secret codes (11) 8. Needlework (11) 14. Large fire (7) 16. Egyptian king (7) 17. Metallic paint (6) 19. Following (5) 21. Compose (5)

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1. Their reception was certainly the cat's whiskers! (7,4)

9. The way one should go around in regular course of action (7)

10. Not exactly a fight (5) 11. Ask for soft metal (5) 12. Practical knowledge can be observed (7) 13. Twist the first name here (6)

15. One of those to provide support under arms (6) 18. Don't continue R.A.F. arrangement in control (7) 20. It is used for cutting when the blades are too high (5) 22. An extract from Homer I translated as "deserve" (5) 23. I'm getting involved with the staff watchdog (7) 24. Sounds as though the spectacles we use were known before clocks (11)

Down

2. Noises one hears cause people to wake up (5) 3. The turning-point of many a revolution (7) 4. One who shuns all pleasure, we hear, is of sour disposition (6) 5. Impressions made by aquatic animals (5) 6. See 19 Down.

7. They are mere ciphers without a key (11) 8. This is essential to a good sewer (11)

14. Imply no part of the Divine Comedy (7) 16. See Mars destroying Pharaoh (7)

17. A bit of a sheen - a mellow top coat (6)

19 & 6Dn. It is only written following some consideration (12)

21. Make a record properly,

by the sound of it (5)