YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS

Crossword No. 15 856

Across: 1 Sympathy. 5 Entrap. 9 Farthest. 10 Tissue. 12 Tile. 13 Periodical. 15 Green-fingered. 19 Identity cards. 23 Handspring. 25 Idol. 28 Choral. 29 Culinary. 30 Pomade. 31 Menswear.

Down: 1 Safety. 2 Moral. 3 Ashy. 4 Has-been. 6 Naiad. 7 Rest-cures. 8 Preclude. 11 Hi-fi. 14 Heat. 15 Green room. 16 Fly. 17 Germ.18 Nightcap. 20 Tart. 21 Consume. 22 Player. 24 Shard. 26 Drake. 27 Hiss.

Quick – No. 16 425

Across: 7 Compassionate; 8 Rhetoric; 9 Lime; 10 Crayon; 12 Adrift; 14 Oyster; 16 Dismal; 18 King; 20 Alacrity; 22 Centre forward.

Down: 1 Motherly; 2 Apathy; 3 Tsar; 4 Pilchard; 5 Angler; 6 Item; 11 Narrated; 13 Fracture; 15 Tights; 17 Shrewd; 19 Idea; 21 Anon.

Give or take – 346