DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Canter round to get drink

of the gods ( 6)

4 Small digger finding dryer

around river ( 6)

9 Train or bus ( 5)

10 We, with the remainder left

inside, struggle ( 7)

11 Old writers start to earn

payment ( 7)

12 Trunk in visitor’s office ( 5) 13 Relative wants a thousand pounds for father, housing payment ( 11)

18 Pal OK, dancing the

dance ( 5)

20 Treated roughly,

Aintree apprentice ( 7)

22 Fruit ran short

outside ( 7)

23 Notedly slow in regular

government ( 5) 24 Military policeman provides summary about diamonds ( 6)

25 Reportedly ring

a bird ( 6)

Down

1 Greek character removing lice from centres ( 6)

2 Person applauding

bell’s part? ( 7)

3 Very pale woman

seen in article ( 5)

5 Make another

record ( 2- 5)

6 I leave waiter’s

drink ( 5)

7 Hide letterhead

that is vulgar ( 3,3)

8 Top toast cooked around little yam ( 5,6)

14 Again in Across retrospect god 1 Cubby- hole ( 6) falls ( 7) 4 Peruse, read casually ( 6) 15 Ron in no trouble 9 Faithful ( 5) as it’s easily 10 Road- surfacing material ( 7) laundered ( 3- 4) 11 Tyre that is used again ( 7) 16 What separates 12 Deduce ( 5)

13 Marzipan ( 6,5) room and river ( 6)

18 Coax ( 5)

17 Sound of a gun – 20 Ship’s carrying capacity ( 7)

bulletin! ( 6) 22 Old- fashioned word

19 Gaudy cover for a lounge ( 7) put round 23 Young fowl ( 5) ancient city ( 5) 24 Reddish- brown colour ( 6) 21 Against leaving 25 Deal uniting two

hollow passage ( 5) companies ( 6)

QUICK CLUES Down

1 Beguile ( 6)

2 Transparent cut

glass ( 7)

3 Rate highly ( 5)

5 Copy ( 7)

6 Jetty ( 5)

7 Blackmail ( 6)

8 State of being

a nominee ( 11)

14 End result ( 7)

15 Detecting ( 7)

16 Daze, trance ( 6)

17 Drinking cup ( 6)

19 Blemishes ( 5)

21 Small recess

in a wall ( 5)