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TWO sets of clues but the answers are the same...
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 On paper, possible aid with
metric weights ( 8)
5 Is one determined to have
one of one’s own? ( 4) 8 Eccentric food items? ( 4) 9 Makes up for what people
have at the bank? ( 8) 10 Creature having a bad time
at the end of winter ( 7)
12 She may be spent ( 5)
13 Who maybe makes a possible
exit out of court! ( 6)
15 Strong temporary shelter
by the riverside ( 6)
17 Being mere imagination,
it’s not plain ( 5)
18 Wondrous indeed, but not enough to deeply impress everybody? ( 7)
22 Peg is all for complete
abstinence! ( 8)
23 It’s impolite to call a Yank
one ( 4)
24 Left a person in solitude ( 4) 25 Mail not opened ( 8)
DOWN
1 Provided just one article
between two boys ( 7)
2 Being unusually alert can
make a difference ( 5)
3 Is he good enough to give a
seaman his bottle opener? ( 5) 4 Soundly mended, can be
put on sale ( 4)
6 In making a scene, can cause
anger ( 7)
7 Long neglected duty around
the bus terminus ( 5)
11 It’s creamy white or seen
in something green ( 5) 12 Though soft on a girl,
there’s no need for poetry ( 5) 14 Eating place with a set of
cutlery ( 7)
16 Maybe we’d take being
twisted! ( 7)
17 Like the attraction of
a chubby little chap? ( 5) 19 Small part of England
with plant diseases? ( 5) 20 A rope trick by Carmen,
perhaps ( 5)
21 A post- operative pause? ( 4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS 1 Charts, plans ( 8) 5 Intellect ( 4)
8 Bolt attachments ( 4) 9 Is poised ( 8)
10 Ant- like insect ( 7) 12 Small coin ( 5) 13 Physician ( 6) 15 Powerful ( 6) 17 Decorative ( 5) 18 Fear- inspiring ( 7) 22 Fully abstemious ( 8) 23 Pull sharply ( 4) 24 Solitary ( 4)
25 Mail item ( 8) DOWN
1 Given ( 7)
2 Change ( 5)
3 Holy man ( 5)
4 Marketed ( 4)
6 Fragrant smoke ( 7) 7 Powdery ( 5)
11 Tusk substance ( 5)
12 Not poetry ( 5)
14 Cutlery box ( 7)
16 Twitched ( 7)
17 Mortal ( 5)
19 Weakens ( 5)
20 Music- drama ( 5)
21 Prevent ( 4) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION ACROSS: 7 Contrite, 8 Open, 9 Demand, 10 Estate, 11 Stag, 12 Reliable, 14 Delegate, 18 Tell, 20 Latest, 22 Spring, 23 Here, 24 Strainer.
DOWN: 1 Potent, 2 Strangle, 3 Minder, 4 Cereal, 5 Fort, 6 Rental, 13 Asteroid, 15 Enamel, 16 Artist, 17 Ensure, 19 Linger, 21 Even. ANSWERS IN TOMORROW’S PAPER