CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 7558

Down

Down ACROSS

1. Appear to be patient! (5,8). 8. Got going again when the building worker returned (5). 9. First, I break a nail getting it in (7). 10. Father’s address (6). 11. Broadcasts spanning fifty years discontinuously (6). 12. Rick will cheat you (5). 14. Tighten up the guard (5). 18. Ate as deer do, chewing (6). 20. Packaged, as a precaution (2,4).

23. There’s no way out of it: I’ve become outmoded (7).

24. Go one better with an open-air party (5). 25. Remember, only others behave badly (6,7).

DOWN

1. The front, by the street, has trees (6). 2. Badly riled by the layabout (5). 3. It’s no sin to let thoughts stray (7). 4. One gentleman upset her (4). 5. It may be beside a pen in your pocket (5). 6. State me to be upset and cross (7). 7. Excitement created by the wets? (6). 13. A lie told by the beater? (7). 15. Cheat and the cheated forgive (7). 16. Having a replacement does make one feel better (6). 17. Make a hit with, as you disembark (3,3). 19. Follow the girl to the bottom of the garden (5). 21. Are backing it in for him (5). 22. A duck that no longer flies (4).

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 7557 - SOLUTIONS Across

- 1,B-rig-ands. 6, El-ms. 8, Undo (anag). 9, Mattress (anag). 10, Pen-(man)ny. 11, For-bad. 13, Bridg-e. 15, E-n-sign. 17, St-rove. 19, Minds. 22, Farewell. 23, Ac-r-e. 24, Stun (rev). 25, Tr-ansf-er.

- 2, Range. 3, Gr-o-aned. 4, Na-me. 5, Sets free. 6, (t)Error. 7, Mus-tan-g. 12, Tene-men-t 14, Re-tract. 16, Spir-Al’s. 18, O-cea-n. 20, Dirge. 21, E-lla (rev).

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 7557 - SOLUTIONS Across

- 1, Marquess. 6, Arch. 8, Tuba. 9, Stallion. 10, Heath. 11, Rotten. 13, Osprey. 15, Cognac. 17, Fabric. 19, Unite. 22, Virginia. 23, Rule. 24, Plod. 25, Headland.

- 2, Amuse. 3, Quarter. 4, Ease. 5, Shamrock. 6, Allot. 7, Cholera. 12, Hyacinth. 14, Spaniel. 16, General. 18, Rigid. 20, Talon. 21, Saga.