Crossword

Don‘t feel blue… solve a clue.

WELCOME to the RAIL Crossword. Sadly, due to the Coronavirus outbreak, we are currently unable to offer crossword prizes for the foreseeable future, but we will endeavour to continue to keep producing crosswords for every issue, and invite all our solvers to just play along for fun. Keep solving, stay with us and stay safe.

Clues Across

1 Part of company, but not well (6) 4 Railway Inspectorate is initially part of the Department for Transport - but all it does is wander aimlessly (5)

9 He’s going too fast… turns north instead of east halfway along… and is clearly a big man of distinction (7)

10 BR-type logos you might see on the side of a locomotive (7)

11 See 20 Down

12 Talk to newspaper boss - so spoke to him formally (9)

14 Merseyrail station on the Wirral peninsula (5, 4)

18 She’s returning in a Slade Green-Erith train (5)

19 Process that pushes ballast under sleepers (7)

21 On Twitter, rework old material ahead of a day in Germany (7)

22 Places old penny inside means of transportation over snow, and loses control (5)

23 Rex and I take lithium, believing it’s a healing potion (6)

Clues Down

1 Examine closely. But take the ‘p’, and you might get bitten by this! (6)

2 18 Across is mixed up with ref, and was able to do what she wanted (4, 4)

3 Mixed up… erased… and parted! (3, 3)

5 River crossed by the West Coast Main Line at Preston (6)

6 Has previously caused delays in the Channel Tunnel (4)

7 Not afraid of anything on early Class 50 (11)

8 Be sad about where you’re situated (5)

13 Figure to be accounted for in 17 Down (8) 14 Public transport system you see in Paris, Barcelona or the North East (5)

15 Nigel Harris, you might say… complained! (6)

16 Type of engine invented by Rudolf in the 19th century (6)

17 Induced Great Eastern Railway to produce accounts book (6)

20 and 11 Across Former Network Rail Chief Executive (4, 5)