Whanganui Chronicle

Cryptic crossword

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ACROSS

1. Those blooming cult members of the Sixties! (6,6)

8. Unsaid what was said to end trace of it (8)

9. One breeding starts submissive­ly, then under duress (4)

11. One-way device for five, alive when one left (5)

12. It is she, indeed, who may be fresh about the Spanish (7)

13. To be sullen with the East, absent in Luke’s conversion (4)

15. Teasing desire to hit out when holding clubs (4)

19. Produced without chemicals in cargo for a change (7)

20. Spindle shaped into bar of gold (5)

22. When I am in Greece I will have nothing, thanks (4)

23. Piece of music for saint on a trip (8)

24. Military officers turned green when Sir John was decapitate­d (7,5)

DOWN

2. Somewhere nearby in Deal, a collier turns up (5)

3. Wren needs it mixed when it’s cold (6)

4. Resound with cheer that could come to naught (2-4)

5. One being treated to pint – tea, it turns out (7)

6. Point of no return may be a wall in a cul-de-sac (3,2,3,4)

7. Supplying food is proving difficult with no one turning up inside (12)

10. Be nosy and sporty alternatel­y (3)

14. After fifty, the gin might serve to relieve the pressure (7)

16. Whatever amount a Big Apple can provide (3)

17. Where children learn to coach one in a part (6)

18. Wise man parking a commercial vehicle in the street (6)

21. Barrister’s instructio­ns won’t be long (5)

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