CROSSWORD

QUICK CLUES

Across 1. Team game (8) 5. Temper (4) 9. Bird (4) 10. Foot soldiers (8) 11. Demise (5) 12. Imprecise (7) 13. Tutor of swordsmanship (7,6) 18. Draws (8) 19. Drug (4) 20. Final stations (7) 21. Armada (5) 22. Law (4) 23. Star (8) Down 2. 3. Runner Stretchy (7) (7) 4. Runways (7,6) 6. Remain after (7) 7. The sun (7) 8. Photographic instrument (6) 13. Praise (7) 14. Genuine (7) 15. Sloping type (6) 16. Maker of horse equipment (7) 17. Vocalise (7)

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across 1. Headquarters Dance very popular in America (8) 5. Fate would bring back this emotional state (4) 9. The flightless bird is back, by the sound of it (4) 10. Uniformed footmen (8) 11. See 14 Down 12. Nice tax change? That's not quite right (7) 13. Does he foil his pupils? (7,6) 18. To take part in an unusual start is alluring (8) 19. Opium – the aircraft is covered with it! (4) 20. The conclusions the coaches come to (7) 21. They measure distance around fifty ships (5) 22. A regulation the monarch never finishes (4) 23. Mark that will make you starry-eyed? (8) Down 2. A competitor allowed to be in a different heat (7) 3. This may be tested by one who is doing a stretch (7) 4. Runways used for excursions after touchdowns (7,6) 6. Unconscious – beaten by everybody – you need to show better stamina (7) 7. Does this twinkle in the light? (7) 8. Shooting device – America would be ruined without one! (6) 13. Felt rat scuttling round in suit (7) 14 & 11Ac. The normal sort of departure (7,5) 15. Suitable script for the Epistle to the Romans? (6) 16. He makes his money from what is put on a horse (7) 17. Make a statement without stopping (7)