Crossword 4

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

7. The slackness of ten amongst non-professionals (6)

8. Six clever enough to be capable of surviving (6)

10. Almost be a vendor of sea-creatures, being egoistic (7) 11. Victor’s opponent (5)

12. The way out is to fasten about ten back (4)

13. This dye ruins satin (5)

17. Basins used in game (5)

18. The shape of 101 (4)

22. Awake later (5)

23. Is a wind the key to releasing this obstruction? (7)

24. Try out worker for autocrat (6)

25. Everything in the boggy area has gone down (6)

Down

1. Famous Greek hero uses sly make-up (7)

2. Elucidate what was formerly clear (7)

3. Divest of a thin piece (5) 4. Rogue gets a house in the end (7) 5. Graduate stood to employ vituperation (5)

6. He puts painting at the centre (5) 9. Pigment used at the start of a game of chess? (5,4)

14. A lot of money _ and how the composer came by it? (7)

15. Cool men make use of an eyeglass (7)

16. Observe monarch making a search (7)

19. Not all the roles? (5)

20. Long to go north after twelve months (5)

21. Wide secondary thoroughfare (5)

QUICK CLUES

Across

7. Firework (6) 8. Sieve (6)

10. Meantime (7) 11. Implicit (5)

12. Elderly (4)

13. Intended (5)

17. Audibly (5)

18. Daybreak (4) 22. Melody (5)

23. Pressing need (7) 24. Chief (6)

25. Motive (6)

Down

1. Advent (7) 2. Disperse (7) 3. Gay (5)

4. Far (7)

5. Decree (5) 6. Trivial (5)

9. Hasty (9)

14. Loosen (7)

15. Serious (7)

16. Immortal (7) 19. Little (5)

20. Composition (5) 21. Concur (5)