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CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

1 In imagination, ready to

crash into a barrier ( 8) 5 Innocent figure in a

laboratory ( 4)

8 Food the team cooked? ( 4) 9 Driver possibly far from

green ( 4- 4)

10 Seen not to be chilled ( 7) 12 Loud, maybe wordy ( 5) 13 Oddly enough, score

about 100 in this game ( 6) 15 Fish with hesitation at

the back of the boat ( 6) 17 Sticky sort of shrub? ( 5) 18 Cake with an alcoholic

content? ( 7)

22 Complain against the methods of transport organisations ( 8)

23 Some solid objects are

of watery nature! ( 4) 24 On a trip in the Alps? ( 4) 25 Ends of poles? ( 8)

DOWN

1 Some of the things suppliers

have to cope with ( 7)

2 Cause of a rising? ( 5)

3 Flier needing fresh heart

after a wild gale ( 5)

4 One digging with

intelligence? ( 4)

6 Low deal contrived, but

not illegal ( 7)

7 Old Bill’s little boy? ( 5) 11 Even the best, it seems,

can be whipped! ( 5) 12 Plump as a robin? ( 5) 14 Making things hot for folk ( 7) 16 The senora’s motives? ( 7) 17 A start in life ( 5)

19 Like TV, it’s a thing worth

having ( 5)

20 The one princess to take an order, in a manner of speaking ( 5)

21 What you pay to get on? ( 4)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Reverie ( 8)

5 Young sheep ( 4)

8 Flesh as food ( 4) 9 Putter, for instance ( 4- 4) 10 Spotted ( 7)

12 Noisy ( 5)

13 Football ( 6)

15 Steering vane ( 6) 17 Implement for sweeping ( 5) 18 Cake or wine ( 7) 22 Transport systems ( 8) 23 Bathing place ( 4)

24 Lofty ( 4)

25 Excesses ( 8)

DOWN 1 Requires ( 7)

2 Fermenting agent ( 5) 3 Bird of prey ( 5) 4 Breakwater ( 4)

6 Permitted ( 7)

7 “Policeman”, familiarly ( 5) 11 Top of milk ( 5)

12 Spherical ( 5)

14 Chef’s work ( 7) 16 Purposes ( 7)

17 Origin ( 5)

19 Advantage ( 5)

20 Mode of expression ( 5) 21 Travel price ( 4)