GENERAL CROSSWORD

Across

1. Drive one to (5)

4. Defer (3,3)

8. Toffee-like sweetmeat (7) 9. Italian violet (5)

10. Futile (5)

11. Beat time (7)

12. Doing prison term (6)

14. Thin decorative surface layer (6) 17. The ‘wind-flower’ (7) 19. Congratulate oneself (5) 21. A national living abroad (5) 22. English cheese (7)

23. Large boxes (6)

24. Idly play stringed instrument (5)

Down

1. Implicated (12)

2. Money-bag (5)

3. Restricted (7)

4. Sumptuous home (6)

5. A short, light putt near the hole (3-2) 6. Metal tip on walking-stick (7) 7. Hefty beam to knock down walls etc (9-3)

13. One dormant; railway tie (7)

15. Put into words (7) 16. Responds to stimulus (6) 18. (Piece for) eight players (5) 20. Soft-downed Northern sea-duck (5)