THE CROSSWORDS
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Susie’s spoilt children (5)
4 and 9 Across: They deceive the pupils (7,9)
8 Hit a frisky youngster, we hear (3)
9 See 4 Across
10 An idea of self-importance (7)
11 Urge a new debate (5)
13 Went after fresh detail (6)
15 Desert springs keep it going (6)
18 Ill treated (5)
19 A bitter brew that might go to a priest’s head (7)
21 I wondered about getting a quilt (9)
23 I, for example, get nothing (3)
24 Sort of oil possibly seen in holiday centre (7)
25 Why the last two letters are convenient (5)
DOWN
1 Add 51 to 49: a hundred? It won’t be right (7)
2 Meaningful branch of philology (9)
3 Former French island Napoleon went into (5)
4 The lowest form of birds (6)
5 Willing to try a new blend of tea (7)
6 Does it come softly from the coop? (3)
7 I sell out of this thread (5)
12 He approaches one side then the other (2-7)
14 Approve of or object to a wild rose (7)
16 A record about which there’s some correspondence? (7)
17 Where you may find the sailor on the way (6)
18 Live and prosper, lacking nothing (5)
20 The US stock market depends on its product (5)
22 Assume he’s Spanish (3)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 A very light wood (5)
4 Sympathetic relationship (7)
8 Slack (3)
9 North African battle 1942 (2,7)
10 One-handled drinking vessel (7)
11 Sycophant (5)
13 Find presence of (6)
15 Raising of a siege (6)
18 Commonplace (5)
19 Characteristic (7)
21 Turkish war zone 1915-16 (9) 23 Flying saucer (3)
24 Imply (7)
25 Right of ownership (5)
DOWN
1 Too long in coming (7)
2 Anglo-American battle 1775 (9)
3 Sphere of conflict (5)
4 Central African republic (6)
5 Foolish talk (7)
6 Single (3)
7 Having sharp taste (5)
12 Battle in France 1415 (9)
14 To clash (7)
16 Sickeningly obsequious (7)
17 The extreme limit (6)
18 Sham (5)
20 Purpose (5)
22 Fallen tree trunk (3)