Crossword 1

CRYPTICCLUES

Across

1. He has a divine gift for finding water (6)

4. Asserts there are many in America (6)

9. Realise and convey how to act like a servant (5,3,5)

10. Thwarted by interbreeding? (7)

11. Now a bow; not even a smile apparently (5)

12. Room for mental improvement, perhaps (5)

14. Expose oneself to some vain curiosity (5)

18. Mason’s house? (5)

19. Burnt a cleaner colour (7) 21. Noisy debate is still logical (5,8)

22. Satisfying giants perhaps (6) 23. Ensured one had a nap standing up (6)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1. Rumpus (6) 4. Body (6) 9. Depreciation (13) 10. Young swans (7) 11. Blockhead (5) 12. Last (5)

14. Once more (5) 18. Oust (5)

19. Moment (7) 21. Interchange (13) 22. Prolong (6) 23. Emaciated (6)

Down

1. To desert is a failing (6) 2. Certainly confident (7,1,5) 3. Those reformed show spirit (5)

5. Eats heartily and puts snugly to bed (5,2)

6. Just a fraction of a Rugby team (5-8)

7. Work of intelligence (6)

8. A poem of positive significance (5)

13. China’s place in Western Europe (7)

15. Curses the results of explosions (6)

16. An account to settle? (5) 17. Revised a muddled deed about it (6)

20. A smart kind of accent (5)

Down 1. Lead astray (6)

2. Petty (13)

3. Decorate with cloth (5) 5. Aperture (7)

6. Rainfall (13)

7. Property (6) 8. Intermission (5)

13. Mechanic (7)

15. Sofa (6)

16. Lesser (5)

17. Tight-fisted (6)

20. Glib (5)