DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES: Across
1. Heavenly body – you'll find
me in bed! (5)
4. Does this contain records suitable for a lumber camp? (3,4)
8. Stuffy description of one with no successor, we hear (7)
9 & 3Dn. Producer of peaceful
branches? (5,4) 10. A blow from Angus
Thompson (4)
11. Notes air is transposed as
'Lady of Spain' (8)
13. What the craftsman uses, as
well as a learner (4)
14. Restraining device to exert
sovereign control, we hear (4) 16. Prominent feature of chief
country (8)
17. Parasite to run away from, by
the sound of it (4) 20. One gets a ring from Karen
Adams (5)
21. Producing a rent from Tangier (7) 22. Framework used in the training
of climbers (7)
23. Chosen to succeed some of the
lecturers (5)
Down
1. The result of a cardiac
transplant? (6,2,5)
2. Indicates points scored (5)
3. See 9 Across
4. Diminish a period of instruction,
we hear (6)
5. Nothing interrupts the saints –
that's a propitious sign (4,4) 6. You'll find nothing to hold down a
point of view (7)
7 & 19Dn. Don't let the dial
slip (4,1,8,4)
12. Telephone conversation at the
summons of the bell! (4,4)
13. The safety of the circus performer
may depend on this (7)
15. Solders, maybe, use tin
mixture (6)
18. Folk literature about one French
river (5)
19. See 7 Down
QUICK CLUES:
Across
1. Uncertainty (5) 4. Propriety (7) 8. Melancholy (7) 9. Niches (5)
10. Detail (4)
11. Flirt (8)
13. Gloomy (4)
14. Employer (4)
16. Badges of office (8) 17. Sharp (4)
20. Lift (5)
21. Hurricane (7)
22. Merit (7)
23. Lock (5)
Down
1. Eminent (13) 2. Excessive (5) 3. Afterwards (4) 4. Dictator (6) 5. Subjugation (8) 6. Cockerel (7) 7. Assorted (13) 12. Less gloomy (8) 13. Sack (7)
15. Small (6)
18. Dodge (5) 19. Worry (4)