Crossword 1

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1. Instrument producing angelic accompaniment is back with a handful of notes (11) 9. Taken for granted, sad muse goes to pieces (7) 10. Proportion of rations (5) 11. A little bit, nearly all, the whole lot! (5) 12. Tympanum for one who doesn’t play from music (7) 13. Check change, sister! (6) 15. Support in favour of young animal? (4,2) 18. Raw material for pig production? (4,3) 20. A change for Claud, belonging to the Duke (5) 22. Between fifty and a hundred American leaders desert ship (5) 23. Cleverest part to be tackled by experts only (7) 24. Alarm felt when edition part ruined? (11)

Down

2. Property as fixed (5) 3. Unbeauty spots! (7) 4. Denied break-up? Really! (6) 5. Borrower and lender (5) 6. Box for collecting specimens operating by spring (3-4) 7. Bit of a boss - like the Mona Lisa? (11) 8. Man of the world with an urbane finish (11) 14. Raver lost or merely hiding (7) 16. Most embarrassed and much affected by the sun (7) 17. Old story - about a foot? (6) 19. No steer, presumably, can escape this flower’s scent (5) 21. The belief of a revolutionary in the company (5)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1. Showiness (11) 9. Perplex (7) 10. Extravagant (5) 11. Stratum (5) 12. Lassitude (7) 13. Figure (6) 15. Grand (6) 18.Prevail(7) 20. Trickster (5) 22. External (5) 23. Sideboard (7) 24. In ignorance (11)

Down

2. Genial (5) 3.Magnify(7) 4. Struggle (6) 5. Prickle (5) 6. Intrude (7) 7. Leaning (11) 8. Vengeful (11) 14.Dampen(7) 16. Dirty (7) 17. Obscurity (6) 19. Imbecile (5) 21. Artist’s stand (5)