CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1. The same again: Japanese money for the senior member (5)

4. With ennui present, bedroom should be rearranged (7)

8. One might expect a raspberry from such gambling devices (5,8)

10. Half a dozen sat around for the view (5)

11. Seat the leader at the end for the grub (4)

12. Musical that might be set in waves (4)

16. It is the domicile of a royal line (5)

17. The permit for making one a book-writer? (13)

19. Beg one to put name down wrongly at the end (7)

20. Souls could make a solitary appearance on the stage

(5)

DOWN

1. Not the same one dined: point out the dissimilarity (13)

2. It’s not I that starts yelling over unfairness (3)

3. An oyster that’s born to the place (6)

4. It’s as brazen as it’s harsh in sound (6)

5. Part of aircraft jet is strange to the ear (6)

6. Ball players (5,4)

7. Wrongfully arrests one one doesn’t understand? (13)

9. Bird in favour of rubbish will give as good as it gets

(3,3,3)

13. Where this Tuesday is concerned, it’s a toss-up (6)

14. Artist who depicted things as square all round? (6)

15. Say rep is wrong if one settles loan (6)

18. So favoured with ugliness as to be sick (3)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Across: 1. Brush 4. Seafood 8. Erstwhile 9. Eli 10. Knotted

12. Sock 14. Servant 17. Yawl 18. Skiddaw 20. Rot 21. Byproduct 23. Slender 24. Steer

Down: 1. Breakers’ yards 2. Upshot 3. Howitzer 4. Ski

5. Apex 6. Oberon 7. Drinking water 11. Dives 13. Environs

15. Swathe 16. Adduce 19. Ibid 22. Par