THE CROSSWORDS
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Rembrandt’s black lookout (5,5)
8 Swiss river heron in distress (5) 9 Tommy’s quiet, possibly a sign of illness (7) 10 A permit arranged for a high-ranking churchman (7)
11 The sequence of command (5)
12 Desire to live in a new way (6)
14 No end of offenders provide bids (6)
17 Post office workers (5)
19 Disturbance in court, perhaps (7)
21 It may get upset over trifles (7)
22 Head stableboy drove off with a lively horse (5) 23 They set an example for their followers (10)
DOWN
2 Examples of the subtle type of humour that is found in clubs (7)
3 He may be spotted laughing (5)
4 It tightens a nut in a cleaning machine (6) 5 Ring me first when there’s a disagreement about leisure (4,3)
6 Very unpopular form of death (5)
7 Barred from society (10)
8 Officially register a complaint (6,4)
13 Let down when fed up and not in time (7) 15 It’s obvious I’d enter the contest (7) 16 Game between two sides? (6)
18 Poe’s a weird story-teller (5)
20 A sect represented as being in a class by themselves (5)
ACROSS
QUICK CLUES
1 Having lofty principles (4-6) 8 Overturn (5)
9 Conditional stipulation (7) 10 Instructor (7)
11 Gather facts bit by bit (5) 12 Annoy (6)
14 Exact (6)
17 Small hard particle (5) 19 Devious (7)
21 Including many items (7) 22 Large bay window (5) 23 Seeking to avoid notice (3-7)
DOWN
2 Immediate (7)
3 Concoct in secret (5) 4 Communicate (6)
5 Acute water shortage (7)
6 Trip in a car (5)
7 Shabby (4-2-4)
8 Engaged in wrongdoing (2,2,2,4) 13 Medieval weapon (7)
15 Original (7)
16 Intermittent hot spring (6) 18 Abolish (5)
20 Distant (5)