Crossword: CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS

5 The undermining of a particular account of a U-boat

7 Hoodwink a youngster

8 Touches a number of prepositions

1 0 Adam and Eve’s first home on Twofold Bay 1 2 Supposes the alternative is behind the times

1 4 Reconstructed sociable northern upper reaches

20 Chatters pointlessly to Tibetan beasts of burden

2 1 Fashion that really starts at the finish 22 Certainly in polyester

23 Otherwise most rather a Qld town near Croydon

DOWN

1 Concerning a boxing match

2 Stop Charles 1st at leisure

3 We join the lady church attendant

4 Digs in which one doesn’t buy pigs 5 Disfigure a second-class beetle 6 IIIXIII?

9 Being dim-witted, by the end of the month, I check out

11 A cafe named after the daughter of Jacob and Leah they say

13 George 5th mused about a blurred mass 15 Expressions of assent, as encompassing you of old

16 Survives the overseas ways

17 A prized statuette of an old style automobile 18 Impatient when causing a desire to scratch 19 A Spanish gentleman arose normally within

STRAIGHT CLUES

ACROSS

5 Destruction 7 Young goat 8 Makes contact with 1 0 Biblical garden 1 2 Speculates 1 4 Raised platforms 20 Wild oxen 2 1 Tendency 22 Indeed 23 Victorian town, postcode 3041

DOWN

1 In regard to 2 Desist 3 Theatre guide 4 Prods 5 Sacred beetle 6 IX

9 Dense 11 Restaurant 1 3 A dirty mark 1 5 Affirmative votes 1 6 Endures 1 7 Academy Award 1 8 Ticklish 1 9 Spanish title of respect