Two-In-One
No 4,497
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
4 See 18 Across 8 See 9 Across 9 & 8Ac. Just the mounts that people put their shirts on! (7,6) 10 It needs considerable resources to change the law (6) 11 Lower profit by the girl (6) 12 Held back by trade being in the red? (8) 18 & 4Ac. Authorisation needed by new members of a union (8,7) 20 Work hard to refashion rivets (6) 21 Gives expression to the truest version (6) 22 First-class students (7) 23 See 3 Down 24 See 13 Down
DOWN
1 They display bathroom equipment (7) 2 The scope of the Bard? (7) 3 & 23Ac. His work is eventually enveloped (6-6) 5 I denigrate a Cypriot, maybe (8) 6 This is existing in the agreement I typed (6) 7 Merciless-- sounding needle (6) 13 & 24Ac. Though it’s learnt in college, it’s practised at home (8,7) 14 One of the accent colours used for battle (7) 15 A resumé to reform the law (7) 16 Lacking any definite scale for a beneficial medicine (6) 17 Face that shows how old Violet is! (6) 19 Sharp answer about legal misdeed (6)
SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS
4 Get (7) 8 Obelisk (6) 9 Even (7) 10 Emphasis (6) 11 Enrol (6) 12 Tract (8) 18 Suspension (8) 20 Speak indistinctly (6) 21 Coterie (6) 22 Endanger (7) 23 Bog (6) 24 Forebode (7)
DOWN
1 Sad (7) 2 Pleasing (7) 3 Whiten (6) 5 Flirt (8) 6 Powerless (6) 7 Liking (6) 13 Erudition (8) 14 Disparate (7) 15 Transpose (7) 16 Grumble (6) 17 Tension (6) 19 Cowardly (6)
YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION
Across: 1 Pitchblende; 9 Ore; 10 Out of hand; 11 Siren; 13 Airways; 14 Macaws; 16 Relief; 18 Seepage; 19 Theta; 20 Eye-opener; 21 Roc; 22 Bridgeheads. Down: 2 Ire; 3 Crown; 4 Batman; 5 Enforce; 6 Dramatise; 7 Toastmaster; 8 Ides of March; 12 Racketeer; 15 Wrapped; 17 Seance; 19 Three; 21 Rod.
YESTERDAY’S SIMPLE SOLUTION
Across: 1 Ascertained; 9 Big; 10 Eliminate; 11 Twist; 13 Statice; 14 Untidy; 16 Repair; 18 Torrent; 19 Swell; 20 Obeisance; 21 Wag; 22 Refreshment. Down: 2 Sag; 3 Erect; 4 Thirst; 5 Imitate; 6 Eradicate; 7 Obstruction; 8 Meteorology; 12 Interfere; 15 Dresser; 17 Stands; 19 Steam; 21 Wan.
For today’s solutions text CRYPTIC or SIMPLE followed by the clue to 53307 (eg SIMPLE 1 down to 53307)
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