THE CROSSWORD

PUZZLE 14853

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Address for delivery? (6)

4 It never rains but it pours (6)

9 Frenchman leaving umbrella unfurled gets complaint (7)

10 Possibly the present state of a nervous person (5)

11 The chairman’s seat? (5)

12 Strain seen when a row takes a long time (7)

13 Descriptive of a sophisticated geography master? (7-4)

18 Bird in box on line (7)

20 He’s no better off for changing roles (5)

22 It’s taken for granted at ten to ten in the morning (5)

23 One object in rent is investment (7)

24 Material backing (6)

25 It’s accepted as a sin (6)

DOWN

1 Tension disturbed rest on board (6)

2 Be sent up to bed, having gone into a decline (5)

3 Officer cut off in pass (7)

5 Dispatched to the interior? (5)

6 One addresses one’s remarks to them (3,4)

7 Work’s for degrees? The ones here have point (6)

8 Laws for well-adjusted non-dancers (11)

14 Eggs turn into cheers (7)

15 Leaving things late? (7)

16 A ship taking trouble in attack (6)

17 Put in a box and carted off (6)

19 Upright type - like Brutus? (5)

21 Kid said to have been influenced (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 A court game (6)

4 Burning enthusiasm (6)

9 Be subjected to (7)

10 The best part (5)

11 Greek Mediterranean island (5)

12 Terra firma (3,4)

13 In fair and open manner (2,3,6)

18 Preservative container for cigars (7)

20 In weak health (5)

22 Signalling code (5)

23 Temporary expedient (7)

24 Gravely sedate (6)

25 Strongly built (6)

DOWN

1 Origin (6)

2 Excessive (5)

3 Harsh high-pitched cry (7)

5 Unstable (5)

6 Outdoor (4-3)

7 Rectify (6)

8 Impudently self-assured (4,2,5)

14 Digit (7)

15 Frank and forthright (2-5)

16 London’s river (6)

17 Soft and flexible (6)

19 A cherished hope (5)

21 Bode (5)