Daily crossword

QUICK CLUES Across

4. Craftsman (7)

8. Bursts forth (6)

9. On the bottom (7) 10. Distant (6)

11. Teaches (6)

12. Despot (8)

18. Precise (8)

20. Threat (6)

21. Spanish city (6)

22. Retirement hour (7) 23. Musteline mammal (6) 24. Pudding (7)

Down

1. Retire (7)

2. Peaks (7) 3. Stationary (6) 5. Yacht racing contests (8)

6. Weather map line (6) 7. Canvas shelter (6) 13. Recoverer (8)

14. Aromatic substance (7) 15. Ambles (7)

16. Withdraw (6)

17. Spiny plant (6)

19. Garden tool (6)

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

4. It's a strain becoming a skilled craftsman (7) 8. Breaks out, but the rest somehow holds up (6) 9. Not in a position to exercise one's craft? (7) 10. Concerning a spot a long way off (6)

11. Directs transport (6) 12. Someone who favours dictation above all (8) 18. Clearly not as others are (8)

20. To people, one is a danger (6)

21. Fuss about the French in Spainish city (6) 22. When one can look forward to retirement (7)

23. We arrange the sale of an animal (6)

24. Part of the meal you leave, we hear (7)

Down

1. It's beaten by those who are themselves beaten (7)

2. Tops two thousand in legal actions (7)

3. It acts strangely, causing interference perhaps (6) 5. Crafty contests (8)

6. The meteorologist's line (6)

7. It keeps the sun away from the lawn ingeniously (6) 13. Having paid, this one recovers (8)

14. Smouldering anger? (7) 15. Makes slow progress by street car (7) 16. Withdraw a direction to surrender (6) 17. Naturally, it raises awkward points (6) 19. A mason knows how it

spreads (6)