THE TAKE-A-BREAK CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS 1. They are determined by earthly revolutions (4) 3. Nurses go to sort out those in the theatre (8) 9. Our name could be used to charm (7) 10. It is returned by a fine artist as the crowning glory (5) 11. Made to go inside (4,2,6) 13. About a coin of late origin (6) 15. One who remains or keeps going! (6) 17. Advanced forms of the aristocracy (5,7) 20. Shockingly inflamed, I fear? (5) 21. A job with the French evangelist (7) 22. A gift from the same people (8) 23. More than one tea container runs out! (4) DOWN 1. Theatre employees qualified in first-aid? (8) 2. Long story about the start of the epic (5) 4. Lacking maturity so could be punier (6) 5. Falls out as the soldier does when ordered to fall in! (4,4,1,3) 6. Eloquence in a place of worship (7) 7. Blow one’s friends up (4) 8. Failed to profit from investment and became bored (4,8) 12. They handle the affairs of privileged convicts, we hear (8) 14. Heading leads to panic when misprinted (7) 16. Concoct a volume that includes this size of paper (6) 18. Stringed instrument for which the pitch is raised first (5) 19. Measure an enclosed area (4)
QUICK CLUES
Across 1. Attendant (4) 3. Gone (8) 9. Insult (7) 10. Junction (5) 11. Independent (12) 13. Disc (6) 15. Accumulate (6) 17. Refractory (12) 20. Boredom (5) 21. Prolonged shortage (7) 22. Make-believe (8) 23. Dropped (4) Down 1. Dais (8) 2. Blunder (5) 4. Ensnare (6) 5. Judgement (12) 6. Slimmer (7) 7. Obligation (4) 8. Tory (12) 12. ‘On the wagon’ (8) 14. Purify (7) 16. Sour (6) 18. Quarrel (5) 19. Cry (4)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS
QUICK Across 6 Feature 7 Throw 9 Broad 10 Miracle 12 Involuntary 14 Poltergeist 18 Impulse 19 Arrow 21 Knell 22 Pervert Down 1 Yearn 2 Attain 3 Art 4 Thwart 5 Forlorn 8 Rivulet 11 Boorish 13 Commend 15 Tousle 16 Strive 17 Mourn 20 Wet CRYPTIC Across 6 Rejoins 7 Grain 9 Agate 10 Showmen 12 Near and
dear 14 Processions 18 Tirades 19 Ember 21 Tease 22 Funeral Down 1 Neigh 2 Goitre 3 One 4 Crowed 5 Time-lag 8 Shindig 11 Frisked 13 Trailer 15 Clause 16 Number 17 Metal 20 But