DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1 A topic about a pudding ( 7)
5 Cut right into the middle of
the grotto ( 5)
8 Missing a brass band
sound’s great energy ( 5)
9 Ken, with luck, transformed
a joint ( 7)
10 In Delhi, kept on part of
walking tour ( 4)
11 Fights against trials ( 8) 13 Building lunar cities is
fantasy ( 11)
17 Gemstones – new dealer’s
investing a thousand ( 8)
19 Change what may turn,
turning ( 4)
21 Warrior returning from
Bali, a rum ascent ( 7)
22 Continue moving fast at
racecourse ( 5)
23 Full up from exotic
dates ( 5) 24 Vividly descriptive diagram I see, so to speak ( 7)
Down
1 Wasting away, not having a prize ( 6)
2 Mink and pup
chewed fruit ( 7)
3 Throw behind it and ricochet round it ( 4)
4 Nick woggle, and somehow admitting it ( 13)
5 Noblewoman’s
awfully cute sons ( 8)
6 Garden tools heading off male ducks ( 5)
7 Nevertheless,
flat’s old ( 4,2)
12 Ape drier broken
or fixed ( 8)
14 Full pint he’d
spilt ( 2- 5)
15 Aurally perceive American head count ( 6)
16 Then drunk in
charge of a race ( 6)
18 System meant to hold back ant ( 5)
20 A song from Miss Callas, but not initially ( 4)
QUICK CLUES
Across
1 Ricotta- filled pasta ‘ cushions’ ( 7)
5 Thin ice- cream biscuit ( 5)
8 Roman house ( 5)
9 Gravestone inscription ( 7)
10 Phoney ( 4)
11 Latin phrase for ‘ and so
forth’ ( 2,6)
13 Ideas ( 11)
17 Take up ( a relationship) again ( 8)
19 Mellows ( 4)
21 Desirable attribute of a
coastal property ( 3,4)
22 While Shepherds Watched ___
Flocks, Christmas carol ( 5)
23 Burn, smart ( 5)
24 Each evening ( 7)
Down
1 Take by force ( 6)
2 Small town ( 7)
3 Famous UK cricket
ground ( 4)
4 One of a matching pair in
a family! ( 9,4)
5 Formal dress including
tailcoat ( 5,3)
6 Part of a fire ( 5)
7 Put back in the oven ( 6)
12 ___ blow, passing knock ( 8)
14 Lack of attention and
care ( 7)
15 Crunch moment ( 6)
16 Into sin ( 6)
18 Colour of battledress ( 5)
20 ___ party, pre- wedding do ( 4)