Two-In-One
No 4,502
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 Players during feline absence (4) 3 Solaces company with a thousand strongholds (8) 8 Early sailor had to climb down when he landed (4) 9 William is able to have a bushman’s teapot (8) 11 Paraphrased? (2,5,5) 13 Inflammatory action by workers? (6) 14 Like money, it shows a rise (6) 17 From which languages are born? (6,6) 20 Published memo, perhaps, produced from unstopped pipe (4,4) 21 Coating on a roll? (4) 22 Hated examination indeed! (8) 23 Burn the tea (4)
DOWN
1 Stamina’s needed to get the decimal part of a logarithm (8) 2 Uproar caused by 150, having a love affair (7) 4 Rose is making shoots for basketwork (6) 5 Fans follow up a sign of winter (4,2,4) 6 Hurried to get 500 to join the tribe (5) 7 Vocal item from a boy at midnight (4) 10 Give a greeting to surprise the workers (5,5) 12 Right in the cooking pot there’s a pennant (8) 15 Shingle in 17 (7) 16 Her wit is enough to make one squirm! (6) 18 Open above letter (5) 19 Grammarian’s state of mind? (4)
SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS
1 Slide (4) 3 Wizards (8) 8 Skilled (4) 9 Likely (8) 11 Irresistible (12) 13 Oppose (6) 14 Unchanging (6) 17 Showed (12) 20 Detached (8) 21 Eager (4) 22 Thwarts (8) 23 Responsibility (4)
DOWN
1 Coastline (8) 2 Malady (7) 4 Pointed missiles (6) 5 Scientific workroom (10) 6 Hut (5) 7 Cast off (4) 10 Bishops (10) 12 Titles (8) 15 To and from (7) 16 Agree (6) 18 Call forth (5) 19 Flaccid (4)
YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION
Across: 1 Lamp holders; 9 Raiment; 10 Copra; 11 Eagle; 12 In Spain; 13 Debate; 15 Accent; 18 Heroine; 20 Slack; 22 Pates; 23 Balloon; 24 Gatecrasher. Down: 2 Aping; 3 Present; 4 Outfit; 5 Docks; 6 Replace; 7 Friendships; 8 Painstaking; 14 Biretta; 16 Castles; 17 Member; 19 Issue; 21 Adore.
YESTERDAY’S SIMPLE SOLUTION
Across: 1 Overbearing; 9 Unravel; 10 Plain; 11 Sheer; 12 Sincere; 13 Assess; 15 Cattle; 18 Declare; 20 Sweet; 22 Noose; 23 Oration; 24 Predominate. Down: 2 Verse; 3 Reverts; 4 Enlist; 5 Ripen; 6 Nearest; 7 Outstanding; 8 Interesting; 14 Succour; 16 Abstain; 17 Reform; 19 Amend; 21 Evict.
For today’s solutions text CRYPTIC or SIMPLE followed by the clue to 53307 (eg SIMPLE 1 down to 53307)
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