CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. Comes away with the roles (5)

4. Fellow who’s benevolent to all people (7)

8. Vagrant tax Ely distributed in a lavish way (13)

10. Some telly, rich in words that can be sung (5)

11. Press forward, having the impulse (4)

12. Nash, a dandy sort of lover (4)

16. Such drab colour, the American version of khaki (5)

17. Tacitly condone what Nelson was said to have done

(4,1,5,3)

19. It isn’t as much about one’s boy being taught them (7)

20. Thesaurus compiler was different to Reg (5)

DOWN

1. Slam out recipe for making platinum, say (8,5)

2. Almost tore it up as rubbish (3)

3. Plays for time, and gets theatre seats (6)

4. Military leader could agree to it being sparse (6)

5. Can a French female form assume a shade of meaning?

(6)

6. Throwing the dice, enter and act as a mediator (9)

7. When man’s final reckoning comes to court, perhaps

(3,2,8)

9. They bind the suet a girl uses (9)

13. Mat, too, may be put out for a love-apple (6)

14. Retrieves the ball in the paddocks (6)

15. A note from a singer, one is told (6)

18. Something laid like a bomb (3) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 1. Sling 4. Freedom 8. Altimeter 9. Set 10. Tangled

12. Calm 14. Snippet 17. Pawn 18. Hellish 20. Ill

21. Devotions 23. Everest 24. Dunes

Down: 1. Starting price 2. Intend 3. Gambling 4. Fat 5. Earl

6. Dismay 7. Metamorphosis 11. Depth 13. Deflated

15. Twelve 16. Disown 19. Idle 22. Vet