Crossword

ACROSS 1 Voids papers showing censures 7 Total afterthought in pits for liquids 8 I am to get older in optical

counterpart 11 In this way starts left and right,

relating to the sun 12 Left one totalling fault in stocking 14 Extending well down in wide

epicentre 16 Issues on being in one direction twice 19 Used a hook and line when cornered 22 What’s with the bit to arrange teeth 24 Attach girl with unknown quantity 25 Very important officer 26 Cause to be in list when criminal to

one’s country

CRYPTIC CLUES

DOWN 1 Broken to bits, she is held by a parent 2 Sufficient amount after single

specimen 3 Assumed a position in supposedly

proper manner 4 Lift up sound beams 5 Partly revealed flesh from a calf 6 Notice the right soothsayer 9 Some run round with a code inventor 10 Acquire one in drink 13 One step, and swiftly 15 Near enough to work for 17 Strange biblical character in a little

chore (3,3) 18 Spares put out but thinly spread 20 Annex usually holds means of

connection 21 The French day for fruit 22 Graduate it into an allurement 23 A princess in the “manner born”

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS 1 Is not in favour 7 Oil reservoirs 8 A replica 11 Of the sun 12 Scaling aid 14 Dense 16 Male offspring 19 Fished 22 Clasp 24 Take to one’s

own 25 Army officer 26 Unpatriotic DOWN 1 Hurried 2 Taste 3 Sat for picture 4 Lift up 5 Type of meat 6 Prophet 9 A code 10 Profit 13 In a hurry 15 Work for 17 Casual task (3,3) 18 In short supply 20 A link 21 Citrus fruit 22 Lure 23 Girl’s name