CRYPTIC AND QUICKIE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC ACROSS

7. Wine used after

the funerals (6) 8. Old P.C. Skinner

(6) 10. It’s a scandal, but not in the height of fashion! (7) 11 & 18Ac. Lovers aren’t liberated in imagination! (5-4) 12. They are used for fuel records (4) 13. Branch of the media to show some urgency (5) 17. Recover from a number of strokes (5) 18. See 11 Across 22 & 15Dn. A criminal demolition contractor! (12) 23. One of the main

courses! (3-4) 24. Smart enough to remodel the statue (6) 25. Changes wedding venues, by the sound of it (6)

DOWN

1. Base involving fifty in Boeing crash (7) 2. Loss of a theatrical fixture after the end of the show (7) 3. Keep in a learner - it’s connected with punishment (5) 4. It’s not altruistic to market seafood, we hear (7) 5. Put fifty in debenture - that’s fair (5) 6. Makes entreaties for commend-ation, by the sound of it (5) 9. Cruel description of one without a suit (9) 14. Famous battle

colour (7) 15. See 22 Across 16. A set-back about lyrical writing (7) 19. He may be found in a wrong act (5) 20. Takes a gamble, as the footballer does (5) 21. Tracks made by

birds (5)

QUICKIE ACROSS

7. Hound (6) 8. Foam (6) 10. Speech (7) 11. Beverage (5) 12. Depravity (4) 13. Defame (5) 17. Supple (5) 18. Faithful (4) 22. Stain (5) 23. Bounty (7) 24. Harmony (6) 25. Spongy (6)

DOWN

1. Exonerate (7) 2. Poise (7) 3. Obvious (5) 4. Looked at (7) 5. Curb (5) 6. Fracture (5) 9. Ugly (9) 14. Chronicle (7) 15. Frankness (7) 16. Keep on (7) 19. Purloin (5) 20. Nip (5) 21. Sag (5)