Crossword 1

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1. Let in many in the entrance (5) 4. Good advice to the introvert (4,3) 8. Word of praise (7)

9. Father gets through one daily, probably (5)

10. Punishing distances? (4)

11. Sick, exhausted and badly used (8)

13. A means to get off (4)

14. Social crawlers (4)

16. Hazel’s case epitomised? (3-5) 17. It’s a very good headlight (4) 20. The dailies held back this story (5)

21. A small games enclosure (7) 22. Jack may work on this ecclesiastical point (7)

23. It has to be negotiated in flight (5)

Down

1. A pointedly obdurate comparison (2,4,2,5)

2. Thought a great number were employed (5)

3. High-class sound? (4)

4. Fifty-one, competent and responsible (6)

5. Not in favour of being a model after work (8)

6. Overburden journalists with work (7)

7. Go round the bend, or get better? (4,3,6)

12. Deposited on the shore - or on the rocks (6,2)

13. Tirades freshly mounted (7)

15. Please pass another way (6)

18. A Greek! (5)

19. Rounds of drinks? (4)

QUICK CLUES Across

1. Chaplain (5)

4. Go down (7) 8. Disease (7) 9. Category (5)

10. Declare (4)

11. Invention (8) 13. Not difficult (4) 14. Otherwise (4) 16. Journalist (8)

17. Clever (4)

20. Unmistakable (5) 21. Malady (7)

22. Satisfied (7)

23. Bare (5)

Down

1. Benevolent (13) 2. Dig (5) 3. Perpetually (4) 4. Abandon (6) 5. Friendly (8) 6. Scrutinise (7) 7. Impartial (13) 12. Alienate (8) 13. Interpret (7) 15. Leave (6)

18. Unsheltered (5) 19. Open tart (4)