Crossword 4

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1. By whom one could be petrified or amused (6)

4. Inconsistent description of mended clothes? (6)

9. Becalmed (2,3,8)

10. Serious-minded pledge (7)

11. Refined discernment needed for the first of the shows in the Art Gallery (5)

12. This is the key to a water-tight surface (5)

14. Monetary unit - the country has no end (5)

18. Sounds like a piece of bridal wear to be of use (5)

19. Poet to think in French after the start of the stanza (7)

21. A feature of the casino should certainly produce a good yarn (8-5) 22. Old tracks returning to the East (6)

23. Does an unusual order for valve components (6)

Down

1. Chaps come round to help the girl (6)

2. The steadfastness of French conclusion (13)

3. Material could be used with some direction (5)

5. He finds inconsistencies in somebody’s bad books (7)

6. The rate one would expect for a pleasure trip at sea (8,5)

7. They may lack initiative, but they’re not negative types (3,3) 8. Direction taken from the Lebanon or Thailand (5)

13. Pass an individual over fifty as a senior officer (7)

15. Assembles the lower orders (6) 16. Resorting to a bit of outrageous ingenuity (5)

17. They are employed in boring exercises (6)

20. The man’s name for some of the imported wines (5)

QUICK CLUES Across

1. Help (6) 4. Formula (6) 9. Unparalleled (13) 10. Expand (7)

11. Mistake (5)

12. Precincts (5) 14. Deign (5)

18. Stock-farm (5) 19. Recant (7)

21. Break-up (13) 22. Trifling (6) 23. Risky (6)

Down

1. Charm (6) 2. Additional (13) 3. Guide (5) 5. Factor (7) 6. Questioning (13) 7. Tolerate (6) 8. Allude (5)

13. Callous (7) 15. Gain (6)

16. Beverage (5) 17. Mean (6)

20. Rubbish (5)