CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

4 One with a Latin mixture! (7) 8 Can be seen, we hear, to rouse passions (6) 9 To dispose of the body, put me back in the coffin! (7)

10 A small implement that may be taken to bed! (6)

11 One who declines an item of fishing tackle (6)

12 He has been finally

beaten! (6,2)

18 & 7Dn. A strain people are willing to stand for (8,6) 20 An assault will produce a bout of illness (6)

21 A very loud melody for romance (6)

22 Rogue gets in at the back of the house (7)

23 Mysterious utterance from Leonora Clements (6)

24 Communication to produce confusion before very long (7)

DOWN

1 They adopt a pose and are easily shot (7)

2 Bill is a nobleman, by the sound of it (7)

3 See 17 Down 5 Jack goes round the mine (8) 6 What people do because of mental derangement? (6) 7 See 18 Across

13 It’s vexing when the fish goes under the line (8)

14 Early years in

imagination (7)

15 Nearly everyone carrying weapons is fear-stricken (7) 16 First ruined by

Eastern war (6)

17 & 3Dn. Please halt - an order is changed by the goddess (6,6)

19 Weak description of the position of a member of the company (6)