Quiz Crossword
ACROSS 1 Package (6) 4 Deliberate deception (5) 7 Prevailing cultural trend (10) 8 Tidy (4) 9 Lowest point (5) 11 Eager to learn (7) 13 Light shoes (7) 15 Bathroom fitting (5) 17 Compass point (4) 18 Versatile cricketer (3-7) 20 Vital organ (5) 21 Soldier who digs trenches (6)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: - 1 Disdain. 5 Vest. 7 Awe. 8 Catalyst. 9 Lairs 10 Chap. 13 Raps. 14 Coil. 18 Code. 19 Ratio. 21 Pitfalls. 22 Cod. 23 Etch. 24 Washers. DOWN 1 Food in a hamper (6) 2 Layer of paint (4) 3 Syrupy cough medicine (7) 4 Truncheon (5) 5 Employ (3) 6 Thigh bone (5) 7 Spanish capital (6) 10 Trader (6) 12 Nest egg (7) 14 Easy scoring chance (6) 15 Area of sand on a shore (5) 16 Fish type (5) 17 Shed tears (4) 19 Meadow (3) Down: - 1 Deadlock. 2 Specific. 3 Accuse. 4 Notice. 5 Vulgar. 6 So-so. 11 Particle. 12 As good as. 15 Loofah. 16 Bellow. 17 Crisis. 20 Fist.
ACROSS
1 Body of water that separates Iran from Saudi Arabia (7,4) 9 AJ, England Test cricketer who scored an innings of 190 against Pakistan at Birmingham in 1992 (7) 10 Shrub or small tree of the genus Sambucus with black berrylike fruits (5) 11 Mammal, Mellivora capensis, of wooded regions of Africa and Asia (5) 12 Winner of the 1959 Tony Award for Best Musical (7) 13 African republic whose capital is Lilongwe (6) 15 Any of a series of manned US spacecraft such as ... 11, that landed on the moon in 1969 (6) 18 Manuel, Spanish composer of the ballet The Three-Cornered Hat (2,5) 20 A window appearing on a computer screen that can carry advertising (3-2) 22 Sam, director of the films Darkman and The Evil Dead (5) 23 In the game of bridge, a hand without trumps (7) 24 Professor in the Anton Chekhov stage play Uncle Vanya (11)
DOWN
2 Chris, 1975-78 US Open women’s singles tennis champion (5) 3 1984 novel by DM Thomas (7) 4 “The ...”, Conor McPherson film starring Michael Caine and Dylan Moran (6) 5 1924 Erich von Stroheim film based on the story McTeague by Frank Norris (5) 6 Eric, 1924 Olympic men’s 400m champion (7) 7 Historic province of Portugal that included the capital Lisbon (11) 8 1992 US Masters golf champion (4,7) 14 Jacques, F1 motor racing driver who won the 1981 Austrian GP (7) 16 Mild powdered seasoning made from a sweet variety of red pepper (7) 17 Sign of the zodiac represented by a crab (6) 19 Cleo, 1986 Tony Award Best Actress in a Musical nominee for The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (5) 21 Madrid art gallery (5)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: - 1 Cribbage. 5 Shot. 9 Ives. 10 Donoghue. 11 Lotus. 12 Gothika. 13 Nightwatchman. 18 Robinson. 19 Rigg. 20 Ebonite. 21 Ochre. 22 Apse. 23 Howitzer. Down: - 2 Ravioli. 3 Bismuth. 4 George A. Romero. 6 Hahnium. 7 Tremain. 8 Toltec. 13 Noriega. 14 Gibbons. 15 Tannin. 16 Haricot. 17 Algarve.