CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Second generous specimen
(6)
4 Chicken with bovine animal beside a road (6)
7 It’s created for female servant, we hear (4)
8 Said pear possibly comes from place of happiness (8)
9 Clear up for former partner, unattractive (7)
12 Popular new pub (3)
14 Mostly macho, one enters (6)
15 Slatted case used by royal with cavity (6)
16 Head of society with silver sink (3)
18 At present he’s with engineers with no place (7)
22 Area used by woman, stern
(8)
23 Military dining area in a muddle (4)
24 Models out rarely (6)
25 Crowds finding accumulated stores, we hear (6)
DOWN
1 Tom seems confused about one occasionally (9)
2 Eccentric demanding and infuriating (9)
3 Former partner, quiet, with the Spanish being cast out (5)
4 Commanding officer and US soldier grabbing royal’s dog
(5)
5 We embraced one Democrat, broad (4)
6 Rinse off plant secretion (5)
10 Grumpy Londoner securing structure for power cables (5)
11 Run up with directions for
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: ACROSS:
DOWN:
sister (5)
12 He laid net out at the front
(2,3,4)
13 Eccentric, crass, in America with plant (9)
17 Assistant holding bachelor’s stand (5)
19 Head of organization, quiet one, with hesitation using drug (5)
20 Thumb a lift, finding temporary obstacle (5)
21 Stallion creating dust, possibly (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Specimen (6)
4 Person lacking courage (6)
7 Manufactured (4)
1 Looked up, 5 Mars, 8 Both, 9 Entrance, 10 Redress, 12 Layer,
13 London, 15 Golden, 17 Watch, 18 Pass out, 22 Macaroni, 23 Etna, 24 Nods,
25 Tenderly.
1 Liberal, 2 Opted, 3 Deems, 4 Pots, 6 Annoyed, 7 Shear, 11 Epoch, 12 Lions, 14 Noticed, 16 Not many, 17 Woman, 19 Alien, 20 Outer, 21 Sort.
8 Heaven (8)
9 Make clear (7)
12 Pub (3)
14 Chiefly (6)
15 Cavity (6)
16 Droop (3)
18 In no place (7)
22 Region (8)
23 Muddle (4)
24 Rarely (6)
25 Crowds (6)
DOWN
1 Occasionally (9)
2 Infuriating (9)
3 Eject (5)
4 Dog (5)
5 Broad (4)
6 Plant secretion (5)
10 Structure supporting power cables (5)
11 Person who tends the sick (5)
12 At the front (2,3,4)
13 Bulbous plant (9)
17 Tolerate (5)
19 Drug from poppies (5)
20 Temporary obstacle (5)
21 Football boot projection (4)