{ THE CROSSWORDS } CRYPTIC CLUES QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Hungry boy - or about to be (6) 4 Keep many in class (6) 9 Not drop-outs of course (7) 10 Partly uniform in cut perhaps (5) 11 Slip away for the match (5) 12 Where to find one, so to speak (7) 13 Unlikely to reach agreement but continues to cast about (11) 18 A show presented before the show (7) 20 Load the vehicle and leave (5) 22 Clubs in which offenders may have been found (5) 23 Ring various agents where actors are seen (2,5) 24 Big cuts she makes in fuel (6) 25 Passably attractive (6)
DOWN
1 Storey renovated for one spending life in bed (6) 2 I am having an attempt to catch a butterfly, for example (5) 3 Always the first to set out for the mountain (7) 5 New cadet took part (5) 6 Going out, one aunt takes the back seat of a car (7) 7 Too much intemperance? (6) 8 He first brought to notice the gravity of the world situation (5,6) 14 Possibly close to animals (7) 15 Enamelled cutter (7) 16 Water-bound (6) 17 Winning smash volley (6) 19 Publication is put to wrong use (5) 21 Cook a joint of meat, using the right oven (5)
ACROSS
1 To resolve (6) 4 Hackneyed expression (6) 9 Composer of The Four Seasons (7) 10 Jeer at (5) 11 A concealed complication (5) 12 Deadlock (7) 13 Concisely expressed (2,1,8) 18 Abnormally large (7) 20 An equestrian (5) 22 Became ice (5) 23 By one’s own efforts (7) 24 Probable (6) 25 Remain attached (6)
DOWN
1 Contrivance (6) 2 Wish for eagerly (5) 3 A marine mammal (7) 5 Lessening of intensity (3-2) 6 Advice (7) 7 Consider (6) 8 Destroy at early stage (3,2,3,3) 14 Interconnected system (7) 15 U.S. university (7) 16 Wretched (6) 17 Old cause of quarrel (6) 19 Perfect (5) 21 Evade (5)