Crossword 1

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

4. Figurative language used in idol worship? (7)

8. Making strong demands on team in taste (6)

9. Not legally tested? (7)

10. Is about transaction showing standards of excellence (6)

11. Give ear to silent reform (6)

12. Like a buccaneer, for example hijack initially (8)

18. Defer mail open to change (8)

20. It produces electricity from Monday (6)

21. Trivial insult (6)

22. Make an appeal thus lawful (7)

23. Run one faulty nerve cell (6)

24. Stuck in this place with a theologian around (7)

Down

1. A colt is oddly forbearing in trouble (7)

2. Right in leaving out selected passage (7)

3. Does he hope for a catch with the right slant? (6)

5. Don’t care so much, being unthinking (8)

6. Has rig-out style which is showy (6)

7. Made an awful smell when made to last again (6)

13. Suitable broken pot is swallowed by monkey (8)

14. Fake produced by blacksmith? (7)

15. Giving permission for hire of premises (7)

16. Oral saying? (6)

17. Dog returning current number (6)

19. Bank employee who can’t keep a secret? (6)

QUICK CLUES

Across

4. Persevere (7)

8. Discharge (6)

9. Raiment (7)

10. Yarn (6)

11. Beginning (6)

12. Think (8)

18. Roomy (8)

20. Crowd (6)

21. Split (6)

22. Exceeded (7)

23. Communal (6)

24. Slumbered (7)

Down

1. Fairness (7)

2. Dazzling (7)

3. Expedition (6)

5. Feeling of well-being (8)

6. Shack (6)

7. Appeared (6)

13. Camouflage (8)

14. Eminent (7)

15. Gist (7)

16. Tremble (6)

17. Obtain on trust (6)

19. Hue (6)