GUARDIAN CROSSWORD

Across 1 Small area off the main

area (6) 4 English public school —

farm implement (6) 8 See 18 9 Persuasive relevance

(7) 10 Sensational (7) 11 Worm — sponger (5) 12 Fermenting bread mixture — odour hugs (anag) (9) 17 Greek poem describing

the siege of Troy (5) 19 Fashionable (2,5) 21 Encrusted with sugar

(7) 22 Exhaust (5) 23 Late 20th-century cultural and philosophical movement (3,3) 24 Literary style arousing feelings of sorrow and sympathy (6) Down 1 Scallywag (6) 2 Solicit votes (7) 3 Japanese rice dish (5) 5 Author of The Heart of

a Woman (7) 6 Andes or Rockies, perhaps? (5) 7 See 18 9 See 18 13 Cause of ruin (7) 14 Bunkum (7) 15 Mineral used as a gemstone in its transparent

form (6) 16 Ball game with a net

(6) 18,7,9,8 Dickens’ boy with waggish nerd (anag), novel by 5 (1,4,3,3,5,4,5) 20 Colourless alcohol (5)