The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Quick Crossword
Both sets of clues fit both grids
ACROSS
1 Take possession of (6) 4 Differed from others (6) 8 Scam, swindle (3) 9 Spanish hand instruments (9) 11 Requirement (4) 12 Party queen gives hand (8) 15 Make-up applied to the lids (9) 18 Confrontational and aggressive political activist (8)
19 Flat circular object (4) 21 Emotion (9) 23 Make a blunder (3) 24 Indicate (6) 25 Strait-laced and fussy (6)
DOWN
1 Mode of speech (6) 2 Large snakelike fish (6,3) 3 Ice-hockey ‘ball’ (4) 5 Large South American snake (8) 6 Rage (3)
7 A Streetcar Named
___, Brando film (6) 10 Radical transformation (3,6) 13 Disorder (9) 14 Cramp (8) 16 Diverted, entertained (6) 17 Move rapidly (6) 20 All ___ Family Fortunes, Vernon Kay show (4) 22 Elderly female character played by Catherine Tate (3)