CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 7 Notes are affecting sound

(8) 8 Remedy from the album

(4) 9 Draw back from a

psychiatrist (6) 10 Drop it, terribly sluggish

(6) 11 Surgeon’s desire (4) 12 Extreme conductor (8) 14 Ironing is very important

(8) 18 Stiffly have an argument

(4) 20 Drink to a ghost (6) 22 Attack while driving (6) 23 Desire wife to join

worker (4) 24 Massive disadvantage in

fuel (8)

DOWN 1 Unite the rest with rope

(6) 2 Snug quality of maths

functions at school (8) 3 A lot of money for a

parcel (6) 4 Improved as a gambler (6) 5 Burn the tea (4) 6 Ruin in a yachting

harbour (6) 13 Allure of money

accrued (8) 15 Say again about solid fuel

(6) 16 Undamaged during

diplomacy (6) 17 Noisy bear is gruesome

(6) 19 Uproar about a scarf (6) 21 Damn vermin (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS 7 Boom (8) 8 Cure (4) 9 Shrivel (6) 10 Apathetic (6) 11 Encourage (4) 12 Fatal (8) 14 Urgent (8) 18 Spat (4) 20 Essence (6) 22 Invasion (6) 23 Wish (4) 24 Huge (8)

DOWN 1 Chain (6) 2 Intimacy (8) 3 Bundle (6) 4 Superior (6) 5 Cleaner (4) 6 Docking facility (6) 13 Fascination (8) 15 Iterate (6) 16 Whole (6) 17 Disgusting (6) 19 Commotion (6) 21 Rodents (4)