Daily crossword SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES

Across

4. Act of help (7) 8. Slanted (6) 9. Weakened (7) 10. Small (6) 11. Whole (6) 12. Colour (3-5) 18. Given too much money (8) 20. Stay (6) 21. First song in a show (6) 22. Provoke (7) 23. Annoys (6) 24. Patio (7)

Down

1. Stuffy (7) 2. Incomplete (7) 3. Farmer (6) 5. Position of superiority (8) 6. Leaps (6) 7. Drinking toast (6) 13. Inexpensive (8) 14. Adorn (7) 15. Speak to (7) 16. Spiritual sitting (6) 17. Mariner (6) 19. Torn (6)

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

4. Set of dishes the waiter gives you (7) 8. Type inclined to be emphatic (6) 9. Not straight (7) 10. Very much the opposite (6) 11. Not a bit of it (6) 12. A water colour? (3-5) 18. More than father I had, though not worth it apparently (8) 20. Don't go and clip them in wet weather! (6) 21. Cover remover, perhaps, in action at the start of the cricket match (6) 22. Strangest men fail to get excited (7) 23. Ensures one has a nap standing up (6) 24. Housing row (7)

Down

1. Still without music (7) 2. Not wholly biased (7) 3. Stern guide (6) 5. A rise for the cardinal (8) 6. Springs, often underground (6) 7. Gives encouragement to drink (6) 13. In distribution of income the company is thrifty (8) 14. Dress for dinner, perhaps (7) 15. Speech and attire of modern times (7) 16. Spirited comeback can cause a scene (6) 17. Sea salt (6) 19. Produced the rent (6)