Crossword 2

CRYPTICCLUES

Across

1. Spinster off target (4)

3. Use menaces afterwards about odd rate (8)

8. A requirement of fine editions (4)

9. Speed for the fortress? (8) 11. Craftsman becomes premier? (7-5)

13. Keep thanks in check (6) 14. Boy working on a musical composition (6)

17. Yet the smaller one isn’t ever chosen (12)

20. Bar trial of umpire (8)

21. Yearn for a fair bit of time (4) 22. Sting ray not on the straight and narrow (8)

23. Elizabeth makes sailor leave head of convert (4)

Down

1. Handy treatment? (8)

2. She mixes Bert a cooling drink (7)

4. Cordial, and possibly earthy (6)

5. Additional protection in the fields? (5,5)

6. Subject of article on No.1 (5) 7. Comfy home on one street (4) 10. At home quickly - by a diversion (10)

12. Spend a very long time in corridors (8)

15. Strange name given to a single flower (7)

16. Over-exertion to produce a tune? (6)

18. Live coal at the end of the last month (5)

19. Girl causes many to leave student group (4)

QUICK CLUES Across

1. Kind (4)

3. Helped (8) 8. Mid-day (4) 9. Solid (8)

11. Loving (12)

13. Pantry (6)

14. Famish (6)

17. Endless (12) 20. Fragrant (8) 21. Chrysalis (4) 22. Went before (8) 23. Unemployed (4)

Down

1. Feeler (8) 2. Volunteer (7) 4. Impassive (6) 5. Unsteady (10) 6. Handle (5) 7. Action (4) 10. Speed up (10) 12. Drink (8) 15. Fly back (7) 16. Absorb (6) 18. Lasso (5) 19. Moist (4)