DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across 1 European man’s groin’s

injured (6)

4 Refuse father’s drink (4,2)

9 Point to desire to be stylish (5)

10 Old soldier is camp

entertainer (7)

11 Each half gets back to the

Orient (7)

12 A once turbulent sea (5) 13 Ten only, ship to replacement

percussionist (11)

18 A fan vandalised one

canteen (inits)(5)

20 My dear friend is veteran

runner, perhaps (3,4)

22 Reproduce Chopin’s sound

teaching method (7)

23 Ironic to admit alternative

concern (5)

24 Line pressed right into end (6) 25 Promise to softly

put on shelf (6) Down 1 One’s grabbed by mostly strict senior nurse (6)

2 Deny profit,

for example (7)

3 Part of loch

reflects colour (5)

5 A Detective Sergeant among twelve, etc (3,2,2)

6 Has finished shape

for cake (5)

7 Strong figure in

vessel (6)

8 Shorten fact about Gallic breakfast (6,5)

14 Beginnings mixed,

so I grin (7)

15 Fleeced getting organ into outbuilding (7)

16 Opens flexible cape as a gamble (2,4)

17 In frenzy, meaning one will provoke reactions (6)

19 A shade of

make up (5)

21 Almost prosper with wooden peg (5)

QUICK CLUES Across

1 Food

instructions (6)

4 Makeover (6)

9 Prickly heathland

shrub (5)

10 Break up

(a smooth surface) (7)

11 Examine in

detail (7)

12 Deciduous

coniferous tree (5)

13 Male foot

soldier (11) 18 Of the Arctic or

Antarctic (5)

20 Duty-exempt (3-4)

22 Guacamole

ingredient (7)

23 Apex of a roof (5)

24 Without

difficulty (6)

25 Consume (6)

Down

1 Style of sleeve that is joined to the neckband (6)

2 Irrefutable (7)

3 Devoutness (5)

5 Fairly (7)

6 Regard with

horror (5) 7 Forceful,

dynamic (6)

8 Position relative to

surroundings (11)

14 Letters sent

‘par avion’ (7)

15 Edit down

text (7)

16 Proportion accepting an offer (6)

17 Keep safe (6)

19 British international rugby players (5)

21 Brand-name

photocopier (5)