Two-In-One
No 4,110
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Conveyance for one in the hunt (6) 4 Vegetable to shoot up (6)
9 Make a list of sportsmen - they will automatically give repeat performances (6-7)
10 Trampled in an endless rush (7) 11 Circulate a question awaiting decision (5)
12 Migratory tribe to collect treasure, we hear (5)
14 Leather pieces
sent back (5)
18 Embellish a new
day, one hears (5) 19 A thousand ladies
upset by faulty
distribution (7)
21 Mechanism for type-casting? (8,5)
22 In taking a deep dislike set about Ted too (6)
23 Insignificant friend needs to make an effort (6) DOWN
1 This is dropped in a ladylike way (6) 2 Old-timer? (13) 3 Take off for southern journey (5)
5 Pat is in poor form and he’s a key player (7) 6 Finished with the announcement that shows exaggeration (13) 7 He examines an old coin (6) 8 Some of the tailors pad epaulettes for one in a black suit (5) 13 Carries a certain significance but needs to change (7)
15 Lightly touched, like an open cask (6)
16 Don’t leave wrong conclusion after mother is upset (5)
17 Take wing round the tree like lightning (6)
20 Pigment coming from bottomless pit in the ocean (5)
SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS
1 Retiring (6) 4 Firm (6) 9 Mixed (13) 10 Mild (7) 11 Loathe (5) 12 Sloping edge (5) 14 Worship (5) 18 Fragment (5) 19 Dispossess (7) 21 Amusement (13) 22 Abandon (6) 23 Pure (6)
DOWN
1 Mutter (6) 2 Crumbles (13) 3 Riddle (5) 5 Drinking vessel (7) 6 Comradeship (13) 7 Make certain (6) 8 Laziness (5) 13 Sovereign (7) 15 Climb (6) 16 Perfect (5) 17 Kindly (6)
20 Nip (5)
SATURDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION
Across: 1 Weather-glass; 7 Madam; 8 Buyer; 9 Ill; 10 Streamers; 11 Gunner; 12 Piston; 15 Laundress; 17 Mat; 18 Spine; 19 Order; 21 Tells the time. Down: 1 Working-class; 2 Hid; 3 Remark; 4 Libraries; 5 Style; 6 Present tense; 7 Melon; 10 Speedwell; 13 Tamer; 14 Retort; 16 Unite; 20 Due.
SATURDAY’S SIMPLE SOLUTION
Across: 1 Deliberately; 7 Strip; 8 Imbue; 9 Gag; 10 Ventilate; 11 Earthy; 12 Pliant; 15 Accompany; 17 Aid; 18 Learn; 19 Excel; 21 Ostentatious. Down: 1 Disagreeable; 2 Bar; 3 Repent; 4 Trivially; 5 Libra; 6 Dejectedness; 7 Sugar; 10 Vehemence; 13 Avail; 14 Latent; 16 Class; 20 Cut.