THE CROSSWORDS
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Such a person doesn’t look so well at a distance (11)
9 Incorrectly cleaned, gets entangled (7) 10 Unusual Maori girl’s name (5)
11 A misshapen nose ages (4)
12 Legislation that went against the grain (4,4)
14 Dislike having to change a hotel (6) 16 Mass of people moving about in the road in the morning (6)
18 Vessels that shoot over the waves (8) 19 The capital in old Czechoslovakia (4) 22 Rapid writer (5)
23 The very best time for feathers (7) 24 Printers may be kind to crossword compilers (11)
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2 A somewhat well-endowed lady (5) 3 Paddy or Eric may produce it (4)
4 People enter for this sort of sport (6) 5 The kindness of people (8)
6 Arab territory that makes me turn cross (7)
7 Got lineages from him? Yes! (11)
8 The price of freedom, perhaps (6,5) 13 Choke - or another carburettor control (8) 15 Something to keep aunty in change! (7) 17 Main way to fasten sheets together (6) 20 Most airlines provide this flight (5)
21 An act of duplicity? (4)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Go to great expense (3,3,5) 9 Void (7)
10 Scatter (5)
11 Showy flowering plant (4) 12 Travel document (8) 14 Uniformly (6)
16 Breed of sheepdog (6)
18 Large retail shop (8)
19 Much revered person (4) 22 Sequence (5)
23 An advantageous purchase (7) 24 Resistance movement (11)
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2 Blacksmith’s block (5) 3 Rumour (4)
4 Cause to be loved (6) 5 Professional valuer (8) 6 Confusion (7)
7 Long jump, discus e.g. (5,6) 8 Central European country (11) 13 Italian art centre (8)
15 Clarify (7)
17 Deception (6)
20 Empty completely (5) 21 Liveliness (4)