CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES

Across

1. Platform (4)

3. Healthy atmosphere (5,3) 8 & 17Ac. Gain

consciousness (4,2,4,6) 9. Overcame (8)

11. Static (12)

13. Relieving (6)

14. Previously (6)

17. See 8 Across

20. Scouring riverbeds (8) 21. Injure (4)

22. Various items (8)

23. Not as much (4)

Down

1. Refused (8) 2. Prisoners (7) 4. Man's jacket (6) 5. Ship loaders (10) 6. Loft (5) 7. Travelled (4) 10. Hardware dealer (10) 12. Assumes (8) 15. Communication (7) 16. Hypnotic state (6) 18. Large sea (5) 19. 15th or 13th day (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1. Where the speaker stands is at the back of the District Attorney (4) 3. Invigorating appearance enjoyed by one who leads an outdoor life (5,3)

8 & 17 Ac. Don't go out of your wits! (4,2,4,6) 9. Not victorious, but showing a great achievement in what has been done (8)

11. Meddling may spoil the reception (12) 13. Relieving depravity in a confused age (6) 14. Pattern-maker of days gone by (6)

17. See 8 Across 20. Keeping the bed from getting too full! (8)

21 & 23 Ac. Having no limbs and so constituting no danger (8)

22. Natural heat dehydrates an indefinite number of things (8)

23. See 21 Across

Down

1. Went all through the cases! (8) 2. Occupants staying at home with friends (7) 4. Smoking-jacket? (6) 5. No holds are barred to these workers! (10) 6. Not the best accommodation associated with Greece (5)

7. Travelled the usual way, we hear (4)

10. Man of steel? (10) 12. Seeks no proof, but acts over-boldly (8)

15. This will supply information a long time after the confusion (7) 16. One in this may have difficulty in raising a canter (6) 18. Nothing can go round Eastern waters (5) 19. March time incorporated in a stride smartly (4)