10-MINUTE QUICK CROSSWORD
1 Not a high price for a child
in care (5,6)
9 Make disparaging remarks
when exhausted (3,4) 10 Virtuous point to the
story (5)
11 Corrects Karl, say (5) 12 Take off a topless summer
outfit? (7)
13 A number swimming in
Tyne? (6)
15 Fifty beasts of burden
females (6)
18 Staggering dog (7) 20 Well-read comedian? (5) 22 An age to get back from
the stadium (5)
23 He delivers beer and army
supplies (7)
24 Medieval entertainment
like ‘The Mousetrap’? (7,4) all 2 Landed estate of a
Roman? (5)
3 Regards game task another
way (5,2)
4 Agree to defeat, say (6) 5 Having weapons in a
dream? (5)
6 Strange assortment of
stones? (7)
7 Deplorable rule concerning
the police (8,3)
8 Boxer’s attendant at hand, not far from the winner (5,6)
14 In which you may find the
blooming children? (7) 16 Strong light to alarm PC,
perhaps (3-4)
17 Merchant bringing Russian
paintings back (6)
19 Vital organ from earth? (5) 21 Mother takes a graduate to
see the snake (5)
1 Shallots; 5 Drab; 9 Brig; 10 Rebounds; 11 Pilot; 12 Seafood; 13 Broken records; 18 Interact; 19 Tick; 20 Trieste; 21 Debit; 22 Need; 23 Strolled.
2 Harrier; 3 Log-book; 4 Treasure-chest; 6 Rancour; 7 Besides; 8 Mosaic; 13 Britten; 14 Outline; 15 Egress; 16 Oatmeal; 17 Decline. 1 Manysidedness (11) 9 Thrive (7) 10 Step (5)
11 Fat (5) 12 Encroachments
(7)
13 Pact (6) 15 Wave (6) 18 Impartial (7) 20 Coach (5) 22 Vestige (5) 23 Agony (7) 24 Unavoidably
(11) 2 Elicit (5)
3 Wise (7) 4 Sultry (6) 5 Also-ran (5) 6 Labour (7) 7 Chance (11) 8 Reliable (11) 14 Imitate (7) 16 Whole number
(7)
17 Folds in cloth (6) 19 Historic title (5) 21 Warble (5)
1 Modify; 4 Gambit; 9 Revolutionary; 10 Salient; 11 Appal; 14 Cynic; 18 Piece; 19 Instant; 21 Authoritative; 22 Dulcet; 23 Adonis.
1 Morose; 2 Developmental; 3 False; 5 Anomaly; 6 Beatification; 7 Trying; 8 State; 13 Awesome; 15 Upward; 16 Civil; 17 Athens; 20 Stand. 1 Animal that returns in the
evening at sunset (4) 4 Individual chair holds average bloke, ultimately (8)
8 Weather phenomenon set
out online (2,4)
9 Reptile found in Antigua
naturally (6)
10 British plug and nail (4) 11 They cover birds and some other wildlife at her sanctuary (8) 13 Conventionalised novel
operatic style (13) 16 Bust oar-blade;
delightful! (8)
19 It’s said, has learned of
facial feature (4) 20 Temple where some
worship a god, always (6) 22 Half of half seldom seen in
African capital (6)
23 One strains to have more
chilly article held (8) 24 Two parties, one’s been
dead for ages (4) 2 Real problems carried around must be put up with (9)
3 It settled in Holland before 1 ___ night, party attended
by men only (4)
4 ___ ‘Tables’, Terence
Rattigan play (8)
8 Pacific climate factor (2,4) 9 Large tropical lizard (6) 10 ___ Pitt, ‘Fight Club’ star
(4)
11 Bird’s plumage (8) 13 Clichéd (13)
16 Appealing (8)
19 Bouquet of a wine (4) 20 Buddhist temple (6) 22 Capital city of
Zimbabwe (6)
23 Riddle, sieve (8)
24 As dead as a ___,
extinct (4) 2 Accepted (9)
3 Former monetary unit of
the Netherlands (7)
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