DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Confined small child

in top ( 7)

5 Beheading permitted,

that’s appalling ( 5)

8 Overturn object after getting

out of bed ( 2- 3)

9 Shifting dune engulfs limb

that’s unprotected ( 7)

10 A section of traffic, it yielded

in town ( 4) 11 As on the menu, a real

cat recipe ( 1,2,5)

13 Link I severed with

state ( 11)

17 Cherished family object

he left in one room ( 8)

19 Singing style of back

to front musical ( 4)

21 Those barely there? ( 7)

22 Vocalist gets a note,

we hear ( 5) 23 Reportedly stopped being overly serious ( 5)

24 Got lost, yet remained right inside ( 7)

Down

1 Meal on a boat ( 6)

2 Conductor who’s great; most are crazy ( 7)

3 Song and dance

to perform ( 2- 2)

4 Cons twin over

crucifixes ( 6- 7)

5 Aran knit – stylish

but rebellious ( 8)

6 Bone with iron strange, being brought up ( 5)

7 Run for fireman’s climbing equipment ( 6)

12 Finish in goal,

surrounded ( 8)

14 Spooky peacekeepers

getting shrewd ( 7)

15 Trousers made from bone on part of face ( 6)

16 Way a revolutionary

gawped ( 6)

18 Cricket side followed

by Juliet? ( 5)

20 Some are most irate

to be roused ( 4)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Hereditary ( 7)

5 Tripe, chitterlings etc ( 5)

8 Garden shelter ( 5)

9 Beg ( 7)

10 Textiles machine ( 4)

11 Text to the music of

an opera ( 8)

13 Impossible to avoid ( 11)

17 Height of the ocean ( 3,5)

19 Cook ( a cake) ( 4)

21 Crusty white loaf ( 7)

22 Lounger ( 5)

23 Bordered ( 5)

24 Performance of music

or speech ( 7)

Down

1 Sound of a turkey ( 6)

2 Fresh lunar

appearance? ( 3,4)

3 Small upland lake ( 4)

4 Mistake made when

writing ( 8,5)

5 Sudden incidence ( 8)

6 Collection of ships ( 5)

7 Cosmetic liquid ( 6)

12 Held in regard ( 8)

14 Flyer, brochure ( 7)

15 To hand ( 6)

16 Vehicle fuel ( 6)

18 In the middle of ( 5)

20 Bluish- white metallic element

used in galvanising ( 4)