KNF N8P K<8J<I
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Serious lad initially supplying mixture of rock fragments (6)
4 Forest official telephoned by the queen (6)
7 Home for birds sent off (4)
8 Writer having month with the Spanish first (8)
9 Rice dish given to trios, possibly (7)
12 Some of them upset flightless bird (3)
14 Snake trapping man slumbering (6)
15 Puns Ed confused leading to ridicule (4-2)
16 Dancer always concealing age
(3)
18 Parent out by river with spouse (7)
22 One in Eastern street with friend making approximate
calculation (8)
23 First of trainees with lubricant for work (4)
24 Trendy religious group getting bug (6)
25 The German eating pub meal
(6)
DOWN
1 Drink with real egg in, possibly (6,3)
2 A learner entering European country, from smallest continent (9)
3 Language making learner, trendy, leave (5)
4 For royal, I examine short metal pin (5)
5 Expert initially after nothing from river (4)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: ACROSS:
DOWN:
6 Eccentric mopes in Surrey town (5)
10 The woman quiet about Eastern animals (5)
11 Damaged canoe taken from sea (5)
12 Quilt owner died unexpectedly
(9)
13 Upstart in a French tree, out of favour (9)
17 Rinse off plant secretion (5)
19 A section by itself (5)
20 Cloth taken from river (5)
21 Pit associated with me (4) QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Mixture of rock fragments (6)
4 Forest official (6)
7 Birds’ home (4)
1 Falstaff, 5 Stop, 8 Nine, 9 Dogsbody, 10 Instant, 12 Pin-up,
13 Heaven, 15 Waders, 17 Depot, 18 Scorpio, 22 Card game, 23 Most,
24 Send, 25 Einstein.
1 Finnish, 2 Links, 3 Aidan, 4 Figs, 6 Trounce, 7 Pay up, 11 Adept,
12 Piano, 14 Aspirin, 16 Shorten, 17 Ducks, 19 Clean, 20 Probe, 21 Lame.
8 Writer (8)
9 Italian rice dish (7)
12 Australian bird (3)
14 Dormant (6)
15 Ridicule (4-2)
16 Age (3)
18 Member of couple (7)
22 Approximate calculation (8)
23 Work (4)
24 Fly, e.g. (6)
25 Main meal (6)
DOWN
1 Fizzy drink (6,3)
2 Smallest continent (9)
3 Language (5)
4 Short metal pin (5)
5 World’s longest river (4)
6 Surrey horse racing town (5)
10 Woolly animals (5)
11 Sea (5)
12 Quilt (9)
13 Not well-liked (9)
17 Plant secretion (5)
19 Aside (5)
20 Woollen cloth (5)
21 Pit (4)