Crossword 2

CRYPTICCLUES

Across

1. Clear pit when small piece disintegrates (8)

5. Lay hands on a hinged scoop (4)

9. Sort of guy to yield to temptation (4)

10. Revelry and festive music around America (8)

11 & 7Dn. Pretends, as one who imposes a faith does (5,7)

12. Make a list that is about different times (7)

13. Taking action to stop an investment (7,1,5)

18. The kind to confront a complete range of characters (4-4) 19. Market a battery, we hear (4) 20. Suffer the ravages of one drug (7)

21. Shelter for the brave (5) 22. Legwear used by the jet set? (4)

23. Standard occasions for charitable appeals (4-4)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1. Eruption (8) 5. Opinion (4) 9. Daybreak (4) 10. Dislike (8)

11. Deadly (5)

12. Supplant (7) 13. Inadequacy (13) 18. Pennant (8) 19. Implement (4) 20. Mean (7)

21. Verity (5)

22. Weary (4)

23. Genuine (8)

Down

2. The state of a laboratory before a graduate appears (7) 3. They’re used for guiding ploughmen (7)

4. Becoming a member of the classless society! (7,6)

6. The others I have not composed (7)

7. See 11 Across

8. South Africans surrounding ten fighters (6)

13. About to ask for money to improve the picture (7)

14. Creates an obstruction when I’m over the speed, perhaps (7) 15. Where you’ll find schoolchildren tell tales (6)

16. As an alternative to being badly stained (7)

17. Raised seats right inside the ship (7)

Down

2. Ignorant (7) 3. Slavery (7) 4. Publicity (13) 6. Ape (7) 7. Pallor (7) 8. Threefold (6) 13. Far-off (7) 14. Refrain (7) 15. Tie (6)

16. Innate (7) 17. Curtail (7)