CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Be entirely suitable, off and on (8)
5 There’s no charge or outright payment (4)
8 In this way or that, shows a bit of enthusiasm (4)
9 Hold aloft a plate of high-fibre food (8)
10 To dine in style, you need a source of water to brew tea (3,4)
12 Might he run out on you? (5)
13 To get a posh girl to make tea means an argument! (6)
15 With no crops about to go in the barn (6)
17 Prepared to provide the cash (5)
18 Sort of train a fighter could take? (7)
22 Military unit rejoined by Tim
Green (8)
23 A soft melody or two (4)
24 When she joins ma, there’s trouble! (4)
25 Wherein to get patient treatment (8)
DOWN
1 How can such an idiot be a prosperous boss? (7)
2 Derision of a great-aunt? (5)
3 Could Bella be just the ticket? (5)
4 Period of yearning (4)
6 To revel noisily could upset some choristers (7)
7 Enough anaesthetic for three? (5)
11 The starting gate? (5)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: ACROSS:
DOWN:
12 Put almost anywhere (5)
14 Was boastful as a bravo with a dreadful dagger (7)
16 As you’d expect, neither flat nor sharp (7)
17 In the country, the right term for mountains (5)
19 Tries to arrange ceremonies (5)
20 A big thing in the career of James Dean (5)
21 A word like “reticulation” keeps me quiet! (4) QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Sporadically (8)
5 At liberty (4)
8 So (4)
7 Familiar, 8 Pine, 9 Denial, 10 Garden, 11 Erse, 12 Tenement,
14 Vertical, 18 Nags, 20 Strain, 22 Mallet, 23 Oral, 24 Pressing.
1 Career, 2 Diligent, 3 Billet, 4 Dragon, 5 Spur, 6 Intern, 13 Mindless, 15 Entire, 16 Canape, 17 Limpet, 19 Greens, 21 Ally.
9 Flourish, wield (8)
10 Have a fine diet (3,4)
12 Fishermen’s saint (5)
13 Discussion (6)
15 Unproductive (6)
17 Alert (5)
18 Cargo (7)
22 Military formation (8)
23 Couple (4)
24 Woman (4)
25 Medical institution (8) DOWN
1 Nincompoop (7)
2 Mock (5)
3 Ticket, tag (5)
4 Twelve months (4)
6 To revel (7)
7 Anaesthetic (5)
11 Bookkeeping item (5)
12 Location (5)
14 Boasted (7)
16 Normal (7)
17 Pastoral (5)
19 Ceremonies (5)
20 Monster (5)
21 Network (4)