CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES

Across

1. Tardy (4)

3. Main news story (8) 9. Walked, like soldiers (7)

10. Say (5)

11. Canadian province (12) 13. Rubble (6)

15. Stick (6)

17. Assembly (12)

20. Send (payment) (5) 21. In that (7)

22. Represents (8)

23. In addition (4)

Down

1. Carbonated citrus-flavoured drink (8) 2. Toss (5) 4. Finish (6) 5. Traitor (6-6) 6. Ardent (7) 7. Lobes (4) 8. Meteor (8,4) 12. Biases (8) 14. Blunder (7) 16. Guard (6) 18. Perfect (5) 19. Snare (4)

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1. 3. Dead Chief given unpunctual stock bigger usually letters (4) (8)

9. What the soldiers did

before April (7)

10. Speak in absolute

terms? (5)

11. Not a discovery of an

ancient explorer (12)

13. What was left when the

brides were upset (6)

15. Stick to publicity at this

point (6)

17. They are in service

together (12)

20. Send the stopwatch

back (5)

21. Neither contained

by it (7)

22. Pictures sunbeams on

wine (8)

23. Half sulphate returned

in addition (4)

Down

1. Meal drink! done? (8) Have a

2. Cast out worth (5)

4. The last of a sudden din, generally (6)

5. He is two-faced and apparently wants two hands (6-6) 6. Extreme grammatical

timing? (7) 7. Presumably they pick up the sound of the harvester (4)

8. A heavenly phenomenon taking the chief actor! (8,4)

12. Inclinations implying support (8)

14. Flower produced by mistake (7)

16. He guards the southern gate (6)

18. Half five's output: it couldn't be better! (5)

19. Divide up gin (4)