Two-In-One
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 It may come to the viewer in a flash (4,6) 7 Risked returning among the bolder adventurers (5) 8 Can vote for small change in South America (7) 10 Pass over reactionary art and poetry (8) 11 Group of squadrons providing capital cover round the north (4) 13 An unpleasant noise from a bat (6) 15 Hit hard with an apt catchphrase (6) 17 These members provide charitable contributions, one hears (4)
18 Can’t be found – is the man hiding in freight transport? (8) 21 Remove some of the bitterness (7) 22 Poet producing “A Versatile Nude”! (5) 23 Finishes the school session in different seat (10)
DOWN
1 Name the woman or man disorientated (5) 2 Showing surprise, but taking no narrow view presumably (4-4) 3 About a group of actors given a new style (6) 4 Measure of liquid nitrogen in a hole (4)
5 Making a fierce noise and bringing a blade into the arena (7)
6 I also tried to reform press leaders (10) 9 Making arrangements for an instrument before I give voice (10) 12 Voluble about one who demands his rights (8) 14 Enter the race and arrive when the favourite gets in (7) 16 The cleric, we hear, could well get fired (6) 19 Doesn’t reveal they get tanned (5) 20 Check a part in Shakespeare’s “Tempest” (4)
SIMPLE CLUES ACROSS
1 Radiance (10) 7 Concerning (5) 8 Enormous (7) 10 Certain (8) 11 Burn (4) 13 Usual (6) 15 Nasty (6) 17 Competent (4) 18 Regular (8) 21 Test (7) 22 Monarch (5) 23 Pique (10)
DOWN
1 Liquor (5) 2 Gap (8) 3 Sympathetic (6) 4 Appellation (4) 5 Asphyxiate (7) 6 Slander (10) 9 Ancestral (10) 12 Interpret (8) 14 Free (7) 16 Powerful (6) 19 Apportion (5) 20 Eat (4)
SATURDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION Across: 1 Crossbar; 5 Stir; 9 Emma; 10 Pleasing; 11 Sally; 12 Nearest; 13 Weather-beaten;
18 Trespass; 19 Poem; 20 Ordinal; 21 Vital; 22 To-do; 23 Pretends. Down: 2 Rampage; 3 Scarlet; 4 All-in wrestler; 6 Trident; 7 Right on; 8 Canape; 13 Without; 14 Amended; 15 Hoping; 16 Apprise; 17 Emerald.
SATURDAY’S SIMPLE SOLUTION Across: 1 Prohibit; 5 Fuss; 9 Opus; 10 Occasion; 11 Logic; 12 Noisome; 13 Effervescence; 18 Hardship; 19 Hang; 20 Broaden; 21 Sleek; 22 Tiny; 23 Resonate.
Down: 2 Reproof; 3 Hostile; 4 Inconvenience; 6 Unicorn; 7 Sincere; 8 Maniac; 13 Exhibit; 14 Forlorn; 15 Reside; 16 Echelon; 17 Convert.