Crossword 4

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

7. Having difficulty talking to an animal say? (6)

8. Summary to start again (6) 10. Compose an awful polemic (7)

11. Bury nitre perhaps (5)

12. One’s out for a long time (4) 13. Bill and Edward took action (5)

17. Intends to get the wherewithal (5)

18 . Girl having a rave-up (4) 22. Garment I made from an animal (5)

23. Check the chorus (7)

24. A minor route overseas (6) 25. Concerning money from the near past (6)

Down

1. Yellow bird? (7)

2. Distant China’s agriculture (7)

3 . Jelly seen in Mantegna’s pictures (5)

4 . Comes from diverse changes (7)

5. Leaves on an equal footing (5) 6. Dreads fares going up (5) 9. Greedy, but happy about terrible acne (9)

14. Possibly remains for the class (7)

15. Told of the same ancestors (7)

16. New montage showing a small generator (7)

19. Fight for a bit (5)

20. Wed to get a posh car within the month (5)

21. Tender proposal (5)

QUICK CLUES

Across

7. Bower (6) 8. Furrow (6) 10. Scowl (7) 11. Bright (5) 12. Excursion (4) 13. Satan (5) 17. Linger (5) 18. Trick (4) 22. Obvious (5) 23. Storm (7) 24. Passion (6) 25. Refer (6)

Down

1. Disobedient (7) 2. Slanting (7) 3. Sweeten (5) 4. Limp (7) 5. Monarch (5) 6. Map (5)

9. Star (9)

14. Profitable (7) 15. Melodious (7) 16. Refined (7) 19. Javelin (5) 20. Obscene (5) 21. Little (5)