TWO WAY TEASER

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 7 Orange tongue (8) 8 Overdue translating tale (4) 9 Sweet daughter solved clue on

time (6) 10 Sailor to achieve his goal (6) 11 Inclination to be corrupt (4) 12 Socialist angry at

international group (3,5) 14 Horse promises to be

hard-working (8) 18 Shame about compassion (4) 20 Modern centre design (6) 22 Subject has right to have

some latitude (6) 23 Cease sending post (4) 24 Gloomy about actors (8)

DOWN 1 Hail as generated by

instrument (6) 2 Taught to be dead cute,

somehow (8) 3 Sign of destruction right

underneath box (6) 4 Joined the team (6) 5 Insult indistinctly (4) 6 Underline anxiety (6) 13 Rebuke agent for getting

fish (8) 15 Deal with unknown alliance

(6) 16 Work turns into a choice (6) 17 Peg finally ready for some

furniture (6) 19 Need to change shirt and tie,

initially (6) 21 Notice Eastern agent (4) QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 7 Citrus fruit (8) 8 Tardy (4) 9 Soothing (6) 10 Aim (6) 11 Crooked (4) 12 Humanitarian group (3,5) 14 Diligent (8) 18 Sympathy (4) 20 Fresh (6) 22 Line of latitude (6) 23 Desist (4) 24 Cloudy (8)

DOWN 1 Greet (6) 2 Instructed (8) 3 Bomb-hole (6) 4 Merged (6) 5 Defamation (4) 6 Tension (6) 13 Blame (8) 15 Agreement (6) 16 Selection (6) 17 Sofa (6) 19 Need for a drink (6) 21 Catch sight of (4) To order Star Two-Way Teaser Volume 1 at £6.99, please send a cheque/PO – made payable to ‘Daily Star Bookshop’ – to: Offer, PO Box 200, Falmouth

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