CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1. It is the perfect way for one to be in business (5)

4. Form that’s put in charge in an important race (7)

8. What prints the newspapers? (5)

9. It is the corn a company puts out for such an animal (7) 10. How to nick a stroke when playing cricket (3)

11. How could colt refer to it as a telescope? (9)

12. It is the pattern presented in chiffon or marocain (4)

13. It is nothing new, being taken advantage of (4)

18. A factory worker who is producing effects (9)

20. Dark red resin coming from a lake in France (3) 21. Means to finish, and isn’t wrong about that (7)

22. Beat it, and leave for the dance (5)

23. Expressed longing to end otherwise after a twelvemonth (7) 24. In want of energy, deny it could be around (5)

DOWN

1. There is a lack of money in City: I use mop to replace it (13) 2. One who has a vote and a creel to be put out (7)

3. Those who aren’t successful, or less so otherwise (6)

4. In a farce it is the water bottle that gets broken (6) 5. Demonstrated without a leader, having one’s back up (6) 6. One may not have enough money for a drink of spirits (5) 7. Tonic card could give a right-winger, but it’s inconsistent (13)

14. From the time that the French were included, not a sound was heard (7)

15. What fires a stroke at billiards? (6)

16. Felt one’s absence if one failed to contact one (6)

17. Has been at the interior when conquered (6) 19. Previous wife taking up painting as a bonus (5)