Crossword 1

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

7. Cryptic code he reflected soundly (6)

8. Wow! Group stays (6)

10. Follow leading actor in “The Heavens” (7)

11. Beg to softly precede (5) 12. Tack on the end of the digit (4)

13. Slide to fire, we hear (5)

17. Aches terribly to pursue (5) 18. A measurement taken in church (4)

22. “Lots of cures; unusual medicine,” begins deputy (5)

23. Send out A1 trade organisation (7)

24. Much endless sly movement is inept (6)

25. Remove obstruction in the river (6)

Down

1. Inclined to be a nurse? (7) 2. Annoyance caused by tea served with a smile (7)

3 . Trivial fondle, a heartless try (5)

4 . Race to arrive about favourite (7)

5. Poplar, like writer (5) 6. Unusually dusty reading room (5)

9. Carthorse destroyed the band! (9)

14. Drug dealer revolutionary missed, it’s heard (7)

15. Disentangle a French composer (7)

16. Encouraged when applauded(7)

19. Courage needed to play the banjo (5)

20. Large number leave crumbs, arrange to clean (5)

21. Farewell to a cube, you say (5)

QUICK CLUES

Across

7. Only just (6) 8. Succeed (6) 10. Qualified (7) 11. Sum (5)

12. Necessity (4) 13. Let in (5)

17. Couple (5) 18. Spoken (4) 22. Bequeath (5) 23. Effective (7) 24. Convincing (6) 25. Receive (6)

Down

1. Decamp (7) 2. Hunter (7) 3. Sphere (5) 4. Include (7) 5. The best (5) 6. Distend (5) 9. Lying (9) 14. Sketch (7) 15. Umpire (7) 16. Fickle (7) 19. Instruct (5) 20. Proverb (5) 21. Loose (5)