THE CROSSWORDS
PUZZLE 16049
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Trade in the streets (7)
5 In rough terms a fight (5)
8 A Paris rep, perhaps, who fixes the prices (9)
9 Provided meals - part of what a wife does (3)
10 A great sea-power (4)
12 Shakespearean character able to thrive on love? (8)
14 Ill-will of many to a girl (6)
15 Very much the opposite (6)
17 Ale or gin peculiar to the district (8)
18 The last of the wine (4)
21 Have something to confess (3)
22 Make a sorry speech? (9)
24 She made peace in Greece (5)
25 Made a noise when disconcerted (7)
DOWN
1 Food and drink to someone (5)
2 It played its part in Cleopatra’s poisoning (3)
3 Left in the cooler, it may be jammed (4)
4 Leading Cuban actors in parts (6)
5 Wordplay of a Socratic kind (8)
6 Somewhat eccentric rest home? (3-6)
7 Newcomer who will leap ahead when detailed (7)
11 Horse-drawn vehicle industry (9)
13 Royalty’s own touch of honour (8)
14 He had a signal success in 1901 (7)
16 A kindness done for advantage (6)
19 Horse stepped very softly out (5)
20 Infantry base (4)
23 Fifty is under forty-nine? Well, no (3)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Interval of delay (7)
5 Subject of discussion (5)
8 Fanatical (9)
9 Flightless bird (3)
10 To cut short (4)
12 Ultimate (8)
14 Outspoken (6)
15 Cleanse (6)
17 In point of fact (8)
18 Limited period (4)
21 Health resort (3)
22 Perceptibly imminent (2,3,4)
24 Shrewd (5)
25 Predicament (7)
DOWN
1 Walk on (5) 2 Encountered (3)
3 Vegetable akin to onion (4)
4 Mourn (6)
5 Strong light metal (8)
6 Unthinking hostility (9)
7 Inhuman treatment (7)
11 Compel (9) 13 Merriment (8)
14 A standard work (7)
16 Exultant (6)
19 Radio, TV, the press (5)
20 A bargain (4)
23 Distinctive doctrine (3)