CRYPTIC CLUES
Quick Clues
ACROSS
3. Doctor (9)
8. Candid (4)
9. Heedless (9)
10. Well (6)
11. Gloss (5)
14. Concede (5)
15. Entice (4)
16. Eat away (5)
18. Yearn (4)
20. Mistake (5)
21. Impel (5)
24. Gloomy (6)
25. Lampoon (9)
26. Responsibility (4)
27. Barren (9)
DOWN
1. Policeman (9)
2. Censure (9)
4. Suspend (4)
5. Metalworker (5)
6. Club (6)
7. Fever (4)
9. Join (5)
11. Incline (5)
12. Food (9)
13. Callous (9)
17. Weird (5)
19. Grating (6)
22. Short stay (5)
23. Blaze (4)
24. Obtuse (4)
Yesterday’s Solutions ACROSS: 1 Send; 3 Harmless; 8 Iota; 9 Preclude; 11 Incomparable; 17 Dissociation; 20 Swindler; 21 Fare; 22 Retiring; 23 Less. DOWN: 1 Spirited; 2 Noticed; 4 Abroad; 5 Mechanical; 6 Equal; 7 Seem; 10 Ambassador; 12 Meanness; 15 Private; 16 Screen; 18 Idiot; 19 Tsar. 13
Endear; 14
Simple;
ACROSS DOWN
3. A very plain standard (9) 1. It’s certain one shouldn’t be so sceptical
8. A singular occasion (4) (9)
9. Telling job for shopkeepers (9) Sharp falls in sweet production? (4,5)
10. Ambled into a madhouse (6) It’s about time for a piece of news (4)
11. Rise and buy someone a drink (5) Precise instruction to enforce payment (6)
14. Ornithological frolics (5) An innate ability to make money (6)
15. A rent or rate adjustment (4) Money bringing pleasure to many (4)
16. Leaves fifty out on the roof (5) Erect beams, we hear (5)
18. The fools pas out (4) Vegetable highly thought of in France (5)
20. They may be used to make a stool (5) He has an account of interest (9)
21. How to water some flowers? (5) Crowd of journalists in search
24. Approaching the age of rebellion (6) cruits? (5,4)
25. Usually it’s the best of the entries (5,4) 17. It’s climbed with a saintly mien (5)
26. Doctor joins the Royal Navy early in the 19. This column backs one up (6) day (4) 22. It counts as a hazard for ramblers (5)
27. She has her points (9) 23. Professional on a sailing vessel (4)
24. The horse ran round the ring (4)
Yesterday’s Solutions
ACROSS: 1 Espy; 3 Smuggler; 8 Tail; 9 Internee; 11 Abbreviation; 13 Credit; 14 Cinema; Satisfaction; 20 Calender; 21 Stun; 22 Bestride; 23 Bees.
DOWN: 1 Entrance; 2 Pliable; 4 Mantis; 5 Great niece;
Earnings; 15 Epistle; 16 Afraid; 18 Atlas; 19 Scab.
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WORD OF THE DAY TURPITUDE
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Reef; 10 of
Petitioner; re17 12
(Noun TER-puh-tood) – Refers to inherent lack of integrity or morality or to an evil or immoral act. It is frequently used in legal contexts in the phrase ‘moral turpitude’.
DEFINITION: EXAMPLE:
“MORAL TURPITUDE IS DEfiNED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, BUT COMMON CRIMES INCLUDE MURDER, … ROBBERy, BURGLARy, DRUGGED DRIVING, DRUNK DRIVING wITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE, VOLuntary manslaughter….”