The Herald

Double Crossword

-

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across 4. Go-ahead pawnbroker­s may give you one (7) 8.Rose is involved in basketwork (6) 9. It makes a man keen on money, and a woman on food (7) 10. A skilled mechanic is more suitable (6) 11. Routed in a roundabout way as a diversion (6) 12. Not a positive denial (8) 18. It may be taken to promote good feeling (8) 20. Possibly go over a rut (6) 21. Possibly they’re staple items made in potteries (6) 22. Concentrat­ed on treating tennis elbow initially (7) 23. One eats it, as a matter of course (6) 24. Registers the disks (7)

Down

1. Go in for modified coverage (7) 2. Grape-producer holds a label to mark its year (7) 3. Daren’t become passionate! (6) 5. A product of good stock (8) 6. Put in charge at the lemonade factory? (6) 7. Naturally, it raises awkward points (6) 13. Put into liquidatio­n? (8) 14. Get into bad shape (7) 15. A complaint soon spotted? (7) 16. Country writer (6) 17. Somehow led to nothing in a Spanish city (6) 19. Easter is one, Christmas is another (6) QUICK CLUES:

Across 4. Bunch (7) 8. Refrain (6) 9. Tasteless (7) 10. Emanated (6) 11. Threefold (6) 12. Defeat (8) 18. Unchanging (8) 20. Sausage (6) 21. Loiter (6) 22. Coagulated (7) 23. Whole (6) 24. Hide (7) Down 1. Attain (7) 2. Compliance (7) 3. Office (6) 5. Elongate (8) 6. Grasped (6) 7. Eatable (6) 13. Event (8) 14. Listless (7) 15. Began (7) 16. Ripe (6) 17. Pantry (6) 19. Thin (6)

 ??  ??
 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United Kingdom