CROSSWORD QUICK CLUES CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1. Counting of shop's goods (11)

9. Turner (7)

10. Near (5)

11. Country house (5)

12. Hurried (7)

13. Cease (6)

15. Motive (6)

18. Regular (7)

20. Student (5)

22. Weary (5)

23. Ambitious (2-5)

24. Musical drama performer (5,6)

Down

2. Complete (5)

3. Curved sword (7)

4. Pulses (6)

5. Boots (5)

6. Pasta strips (7)

7. Serious uncertainties (5,6)

8. Star actress (7,4)

14. Foot support (7)

16. Justify (7)

17. Pictures (6)

19. Command (5)

21. Fragment (5)

Across

1. This will reveal what is in

store for you (11)

9. Spinner going forwards and

backwards (7)

10. Not far from being

stuffy (5)

11. House I will put in

Virginia (5)

12. Acted busily, dressed in an

old-fashioned way (7)

13. To stop in Hades is

torture! (6)

15. Treachery - decapitation

takes place - that's

logical (6)

18. Private dress? (7)

20. By which one observes the

schoolchild (5)

22. A piece of attire definitely

worn out (5)

23. Enterprising vigour by a

principal (2-5)

24. One who voices a dramatic

score (5,6)

Down

2. The result of addition to

unfinished story (5)

3. It's used to make an incision

by the girl (7)

4. Experiences a beating? (6)

5. What the punter does for

thrills (5)

6. Old ones could be fools (7)

7. Do they cause serious

concern at the

interment? (5,6)

8. Going in front of the female

star (7,4)

14. The traveller may well put

his foot in it (7)

16. Account for obsolete

aircraft, we hear (7)

17. Reflections of one before

different games (6)

19. Numerical sequence shows

tidy arrangement (5)

21. Not the whole requirement

for the chess player (5)