CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES

Across

1. Ring (5)

4 & 19Dn. Leisure activity (5,2,4) 8. Time of day (7)

9. Infrared beam (5)

10. Girl's name (4)

11. Enjoyment (8)

13. Jump (4)

14. Allows (4)

16. Mechanical devices (8) 17. Moan (4)

20. Piece of music (5)

21. Act of setting aside for future use (7)

22. Small envelopes (7)

23. Runs away (5)

Down

1. Punctuation (8,5)

2. Unfastens (5)

3. Excursion (4)

4. Entertain (6)

5. Removed cargo from (8)

6. Debate (7)

7. Absent-mindedness (13)

12. Undergarment (8)

13. Terse (7)

15. Stops (6)

18. Knowledgeable (5)

19. See 4 Across

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1. Nothing to leave around the sporting ring (5)

4 & 19Dn. It's managed by drivers who complete the course (5,2,4)

8. The time for removing creases (7)

9. Somehow seal the top of radio light amplifier (5)

10. Hardy heroine (4)

11. Satisfaction certain to

follow an entreaty (8)

13. Bound to be a meadow near the top of the pasture (4)

14. See 3 Down

16. Mince has been processed by contraptions (8)

17. One in the act coming back to complain (4)

20. The donor will supply this musical piece (5)

21. It's provided in the warehouse or in the theatre (7)

22. Containers revealed when a chest's broken up (7)

23. Feels around and runs away (5)

Down

1. They punctuate what examinees dissatisfied with their assessments do (8,5)

2. Discloses the writers following a circular letter (5)

3 & 14Ac. Children of three allowed to go in excursions (8)

4. To feast with royal bearing (6)

5. Relieved of any charge (8)

6. Talk about including us in the records (7)

7. Certainly no suitable state for the Remembrancer (13)

12. It's lace, so I'm able to make an undergarment (8)

13. Being Spartan in the use of words (7)

15. Doesn't continue to provide relief in the Civil Service (6)

18. Not oblivious to a conflict before the end of the debate (5)

19. See 4 Across