Daily crossword

QUICK CLUES Across

1 Absolutely sure

(4,7)

9 Sooner (7)

10 Wanderer (5)

11 Not concealed (5)

12 Feeling (7)

13 Stable (6)

15 Blemish (6)

18 Uniform (7)

20 Demand (5)

22 Trail (5)

23 Model (7)

24 Irish playwright

(7,4)

Down

2 Weird (5)

3 Wandered

aimlessly (7)

4 Merited (6)

5 Trunk (5)

6 Bill (7)

7 Show (11)

8 Recall (5,2,4)

14 Etch (7)

16 Stimulates (7)

17 Seemly (6)

19 Compare (5)

21 Boxing ring (5)

CRYPTIC CLUES Across

1 This will reveal what is in store for you (5-6) 9 Spinner going forwards and backwards (7)

10 Not far from being stuffy (5)

11 House I will put in Virginia (5)

12 Acted busily, dressed in an old-fashioned way (7) 13 To stop in Hades is torture! (6)

15 Treachery - decapitation takes place - that's logical (6)

18 Private dress? (7) 20 By which one observes the school-child (5) 22 A piece of attire definitely worn out (5) 23 Enterprising vigour by a principal (2-5)

24 One who voices a dramatic score (5-6)

Down

2 The result of addition to unfinished story (5)

3 It's used to make an incision by the girl (7) 4 Experiences a beating? (6)

5 What the punter does for thrills (5)

6 Old ones could be fools (7)

7 Do they cause serious concern at the interment? (5,6)

8 Going in front of the female star (7,4)

14 The traveller may well put his foot in it (7) 16 Account for obsolete aircraft, we hear (7) 17 Reflections of one before different games

(6)

19 Numerical sequence shows tidy arrangement (5)

21 Not the whole requirement for the chess-player (5)