CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. It is the measure of thickness of a belly-band (5)
4. Will unsettle one, but rids it of it (7)
8. It is so pure, as it is after a fall (2,5,2,4)
10. Two under each half, breaking leg (5)
11. One gets a sign to repeat it as a wading-bird (4)
12. Telephone somebody for the annulus (4)
16. Picture how heated it is in a river in Italy (5)
17. To make her rebel snipe is blameworthy (13)
19. It is almost unnecessary to have hypodermics (7)
20. A spicy drink, for example, in the students’ union (5)
DOWN
1. Boarders used it, wrestling with strength of will (9-4)
2. Not having seen the cooking-pot, is inexperienced (3)
3. Called a greeting, but it came down heavily on one (6)
4. Medical person who’s on the brink will clear up the bed (6)
5. She is of relative significance to ward’s conduct (6)
6. The North, given run-around, is frightening (9)
7. Indoor sports venues being low, Sally works out (7,6)
9. It is something fundamental that gets cripple in trouble (9)
13. It has its attraction, the plea to a higher court (6)
14. How a newspaper reports on positions in the cricket field (6)
15. Something toxic one found in bent spoon (6)
18. The catch is, trousers will get rounded out at the knees (3) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
Across: 1. Tonic 4. Observe 8. Rebellion 9. Sue 10. Ailment
12. Play 14. Banners 17. Need 18. Obscure 20. Ego
21. Attempted 23. Earldom 24. Dirty
Down: 1. Turn a blind eye 2. Nubile 3. Cul-de-sac 4. Obi
5. Sink 6. Rustle 7. Every other day 11. Tango 13. Presumed
15. Devour 16. Butter 19. Band 22. Tom