DOUBLECROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

7 It’s drunk to a saint (5) 8 There’s no let up for the rich (7) 9 Insect swallows fruit for nourishment (7) 10 Not seeing a window-screen (5) 12 Will it give a ghostly light? (6,4) 15 Nominally it forms a loose attachment (3-2,5) 18 Make a score (5) 19 Eavesdroppers of low degree (7) 21 It’s nicer as a poison (7) 22 Time for music (5)

DOWN

1 Tear things to pieces, and put them in order again! (10) 2 It’s the custom to put it on (5) 3 It may spoil the look of a lid (4) 4 Can he carry his drink? (6) 5 How to get browned off (8) 6 Point wrongly claimed (7) 11 Cause of dejection in weathermen? (10) 13 Liking for a swan-song (8) 14 He knows the drill, presumably (7) 16 A portion for each (6) 17 It burns Alf up, then me! (5) 20 This nation is sound (4) Yesterday’s solutions: Across: 1 Barometer. 8 Use. 9 Train driver. 11 Unarmed. 12 Reign. 13 Menace. 15 Leader. 17 Rates. 18 Succeed. 20 Illogically. 22 Elm. 23 Dispenser. Down: 2 Air. 3 Minim. 4 Tirade. 5 Reverie. 6 Hurried meal. 7 Seeing red. 10 Against time. 11 Unmarried. 14 Castled. 16 Usages. 19 Cache. 21 Lie.

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

7 Damp (5) 8 Calculate (7) 9 Unfathomable (7) 10 Centre (5) 12 Tyranny (10) 15 Inexpert (10) 18 Call forth (5) 19 Withdraw (7) 21 Deliberative assembly (7) 22 Awaken (5)

DOWN

1 Spotless (10) 2 Prophetess (5) 3 Check (4) 4 Of the eye (6) 5 Stress (8) 6 Crazy (7) 11 Unable to speak out (6-4) 13 Sham (8) 14 Bold decorative style (7) 16 Seldom (6) 17 Indistinct (5) 20 Weary (4) Yesterday’s solutions: Across: 1 Transient. 8 Owe. 9 Destruction. 11 Penance. 12 Ideal. 13 Roused. 15 Allege. 17 Erase. 18 Valiant. 20 Interjacent. 22 Act. 23 Disengage. Down: 2 Rue. 3 Siren. 4 Eschew. 5 Trivial. 6 Confederate. 7 Recollect. 10 Singularity. 11 Perpetual. 14 Erected. 16 Averts. 19 Learn. 21 Nag.