Crossword 1

CRYPTICCLUES

Across

1. One of four in the yard? (4) 3. Great place for a holiday, perhaps (8)

8. Force Mary into going out (4) 9. When did a change in the weather slow down the craft (8) 11. Vehicle carrying passengers up and down (6-6)

13. Live for the team about to go in front (6)

14. Before lunch there are 26 English characters on the river (6)

17. Average boy with debts has to be miserly (12)

20. S.A.S. bully possibly on study list (8)

21. Fruity sort of bird? (4)

22. He gets his own back (8) 23. Creature of speculation? (4)

Down 1. Darn nuisance getting stuck in the wharf - what a predicament! (8)

2. Plenty for the members to carry (7)

4. Makes changes for people in commercials (6)

5. Cure potential madmen, etc., when I go inside (10)

6. Get married _ untie the knot! (5)

7. Lie low in London park, we hear (4)

10. Bonnie’s partner’s at the valley with a horse (10)

12. Hanging about round Wallsend doing some grinding (8)

15. It’s in Oz, possibly, that one is a patriot (7)

16. Protected against that cockney fellow and 1,001 French (6) 18. Almost called a cab when troubled (5)

19. Ruse dreamed up by an employer (4)