THE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

ACROSS 1 Scope provided by the morning and a little after (5) 4 Concerned to see the vehicle gets fresh fuel (7) 8 A brew the French accentuate (3) 9 The more there are, the fewer there are (9) 10 Quality perfume (7) 11 Refuse to make a stew ungracefully (5) 13 Good man maps out marks of official approval (6) 15 Current supplier has Monday off (6) 18 Strange job an instrumentalist may hold (5) 19 It’s no good by all accounts (3,4) 21 An uninspiring way to die (9) 23 Robin has a sash for his middle (3) 24 Signed up in presentation for a match? (7) 25 Lily reveals a great deal to us (5)

DOWN 1 She plays with a key in a lock (7) 2 No bait was ordered by the warrant officer (9) 3 Attendants in school (5) 4 Chews a sort of nut (6) 5 Landing strip harbours a fugitive (7) 6 Charge made to iron with energy (3) 7 Being upset Leslie misses the point of the yarn (5) 12 He’s given unwarranted responsibility (9) 14 Stretch a point and look inside (7) 16 New ones may be expensive if stout perhaps (7) 17 A piece of wood on ship (6) 18 Cook and sew (5) 20 Live and prosper lacking nothing (5) 22 Diagram when reduced is a worthless thing (3)

QUICK CLUES

ACROSS 1 Glorify (5) 4 Unwise (7) 8 Globe (3) 9 Complain vociferously (5,4) 10 Anarchic (7) 11 Humble (5) 13 Proverbial energetic worker (6) 15 Jumped (6) 18 Desert riding animal (5) 19 Hasty examination (4-3) 21 More than (7,2) 23 A popular success (3) 24 Stealing (7) 25 High-class and luxurious (5)

DOWN 1 Brochure (7) 2 Adequate space to work in (9) 3 Bout of self-indulgence (5) 4 Insubstantial (6) 5 Coincide in part with (7) 6 To freeze (3) 7 A prickly-leafed shrub (5) 12 True state of affairs (5,4) 14 As a whole (2,5) 16 Very much (7) 17 Ostentatious (6) 18 Heartless (5) 20 Bid (5) 22 Hostilities (3)