THE CROSSWORDS

PUZZLE 16276

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Her pilot circles round the landing platform (8)

5 Young fish wife who survived Henry VIII (4) 9 Music for a man to perform (5)

10 A single way of catching marine mammals (7)

11 Noting sports well represented in chief talents (6,6)

13 Mathematician gets Dulcie confused (6) 14 Many get permission to go through (6) 17 Direct speech? (8,4)

20 An account that has been overdrawn? (7) 21 Strange oriental lake (5)

22 Bother! Make a run for it (4)

23 Impression about a child according to the time of year (8)

DOWN

1 He’s found in the romantic lead (4) 2 Involved in a cult that’s crazy (7)

3 Schemes put forward for places (12)

4 Make someone take notice? (6) 6 Something wrong about a Burmese perhaps (5)

7 Record the range of one’s voice (8) 8 Educated postman? (3,2,7)

12 This class is certain to be kept in idle fashion (8)

15 A new role in flight control (7)

16 It’s said to produce a smile (6)

18 Uncle who helped found a city (5) 19 Inventor of the telephone - or part of it (4)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Peripheral (8)

5 A dreaded person (4) 9 Justifiable (5) 10 Introduction to book (7) 11 Neat and clean (5-3-4) 13 Abstract thought (6) 14 Undamaged (6) 17 Unhindered progress (5,7) 20 Untidy accumulation (7) 21 Keen enjoyment (5) 22 Onion genus vegetable (4) 23 Set going (8)

DOWN

1 Change residence (4) 2 Slip back (7)

3 Imbue with opinion (12) 4 Seem attractive (6) 6 Comprehend (5) 7 Unending time (8) 8 Influential person (7,5) 12 Unusual (8)

15 Loss of memory (7) 16 Regular customer (6) 18 Sky-blue (5) 19 Underside of foot (4)