CRYPTIC CLUES

01 Accustomed to nut and date

assortment (7)

05 He broke all the commandments (5) 08 Signal to bring in a social

worker (9)

09 Time to mature (3)

10 Made to last (4)

12 Start playing up after

industrial action (6,2) 14 Moderation seen when lacking

a fashion allowance (6) 15 Exchange of charity? (6) 17 Mother has to reflect about a

perfume holder (8)

18 Sign to return for Verne’s

captain (4)

21 I say nothing (3)

22 Recovering; need month off (2,3,4) 24 Little in the way of a final

course (5)

25 He has a cockeyed view of

early rising (7) 01 Celia turned out to be a young

Victorian heroine (5)

02 Useful advice in an extremity (3) 03 One Roman abandoned a

sultanate to be emperor (4) 04 Shortage put right in the end (6) 05 Lacking a real foundation? (8) 06 Dramatic alias (5,4)

07 Coach or supporter (7)

11 Off the cuff so to speak (9) 13 Indicate that the score is not

quite accurate (5,3)

14 Exercise restraint about

newspapers (7)

16 He needs to settle (6)

19 A disposition to command (5) 20 Block vote? (4)

23 Have a slice of cake at

teatime (3)