DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

7. To tape the best attempt so far (6)

8. See 9 Down

10. Being thoughtful, I have followed some writers (7)

11. Declines washing facilities (5)

12. See 6 Down 13 & 22Ac. The tops of the

shafts (10)

17 & 16Dn. Violent down-toearth experience (5,7)

18. One sees in the chapel a majestic eastern mystic (4)

22. See 13 Across

23. Grandee, when disturbed, is furious (7)

24. Unscrupulously manipulated, like a sailing ship (6)

25. No part arranged for the sponsor (6)

Down

1. Fall asleep and lose one's perch (4,3)

2. Panoramic view made by a group of properties (7)

3. See 4 Down

4 & 3Dn. Express ran – points not

changed (3-4,5)

5. Showing no restraint in describing a conqueror of Gaul (5)

6 & 12Ac. See if race can arrange a

truce (9)

9 & 8Ac. Could it be part of the menu that provides reinvigoration? (9,6)

14. Newspaper boss harassed (7)

15. Keeps on worrying nocturnal animals (7)

16. See 17 Across

19. Electrical fault of no great duration (5)

20. Load the motor and leave (5)

21. Second-class thoroughfare having plenty of room to pass (5) QUICK CLUES: Across

7. Condition (6)

8. Carrier (6)

10. Dodging (7)

11. Bring up (5)

12. Pick (4)

13. False (5)

17. Bit (5)

18. Foundation (4)

22. Subsequently (5)

23. Tell (7)

24. Ragged (6)

25. By hand (6)

Down

1. Misdemeanour (7)

2. Wrong (2,5)

3. Clear (5)

4. Lachrymose (7)

5. Corn (5)

6. Short (5)

9. Apathy (9)

14. Undress (7)

15. Stupid (7)

16. Fruitful (7)

19. Redden (5)

20. Wander (5)

21. Morsel (5)