CRYPTIC CLUES QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Quiet pixie gets
storage space (5) 5 Consequently alter
form (5) 9 Father left ally (3) 10 Avoid first woman to
have a key (5) 11 Panic that wakes
you up (5) 12 Nod back at
academic (3) 13 Rubbish in grotto (3) 14 Roused about
employment (3) 16 Doctor has year
without alcohol (3) 18 Darren changed
mission (6) 21 Fused dynamite surrounds vortex (4) 23 Heard sheep among
large plants (4) 26 Escaped to form
union (6) 29 Cleopatra owns
lion (3) 31 Number of
schooners (3) 32 Fireman’s fury (3) 34 Creatures of
dementia (3) 36 City can produce
tongue (5) 37 Representative time
with book (5) 38 Model has some
verse (3) 39 Reported collier’s child (5) Roses irritated wounds (5) 40
DOWN
1 Scattered small pears around (6) 2 Harold has only light (4) 3 Happy to be told not to start (6) 4 Bone and fur takes me back (5) 5 Left port full (5) 6 Fuss at a party (3) 7 Incline towards nurse (4) 8 Cherub Yvonne acquires gemstone (4) 15 Loans arranged at the hairdresser’s (5) 17 Unprepared for war
breaking out (3) 19 Very excited about
whisky (3) 20 Stain heard to fade
away (3) 22 Owing to
condensation, say (3) 24 Boss rioted
unexpectedly (6) 25 Settings within
acts (6) 27 Somehow enrol
recluse (5) 28 Throws and hides (5) 29 Apparatus to appear
menacingly (4) 30 Moan about land (4) 33 Dire sort of
journey (4) 35 The golfer’s
conceit (3)
ACROSS
1 Plank (5) 5 Afterwards (5)
9 Friend (3) 10 Dodge (5)
11 Terror (5) 12 Professor (3)
13 Decay (3) 14 Utilise (3)
16 Arid (3) 18 Chore (6)
21 Whirlpool (4) 23 Types of tree (4) 26 Ran off to wed (6) 29 Zodiac sign (3)
31 Single (3) 32 Anger (3) 34 Males (3) 36 Dead language (5) 37 Broker (5) 38 Poem (3) 39 Insignificant (5) 40 Painful afflictions (5)
DOWN
1 Sporadic (6) 2 Divine aura (4) 3 Delighted (6) 4 Thigh bone (5) 5 Loaded (5) 6 Bother (3) 7 Look after (4) 8 Deep red (4) 15 Large room (5) 17 Uncooked (3) 19 Grain (3) 20 Colouring (3) 22 Expected (3) 24 Newspaper chief (6) 25 Play sections (6) 27 Solitary figure (5) 28 Animal skins (5) 29 Weaving machine (4) 30 Arabian country (4) 33 Drive (4) 35 Self-image (3)