DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC ACROSS
1 Newspaper people taking
steroid, zonked! (7)
5 Square leaves? (5)
8 Accumulate a service (5) 9 Pig of a driver! (4,3)
10 Heartless creditor,
bashful, then secure (7) 11 Buddhist spiritual law making a mark, possibly (5)
12 Stop interrupting bride,
sister! (6)
14 Ask about short trial for
ice-dance equipment (6) 18 :HUHQ·W IRU WKH PRVW SDUW
moved to begin again (5) 20 A turnip is cooked by
prude (7)
22 Explorer (not American)
to love TV detective (7) 23 I leave WC vacant (2,3) 24 Antarctic Captain had
porridge, we hear (5)
25 First of bored diners goes
off to book-makers (7)
DOWN
1 Pleased about having passed by (7)
2 Laity disrupted the
country (5)
3 Bony managers not limited
by endless river (7)
4 Hit, so refuse to work (6) 5 Minute particle of low-fat
cheese (5)
6 Willingly receive (7)
7 Greek character slur
lacks time (5)
13 8QGHUVKLUW ² WHDP·V
leader is after one (7)
15 Protein weaker at inner
section (7)
16 Moonlight etc,
so Satan returns (7)
17 Lob map over with
self-assurance (6)
18 Page found in the
correct order (5)
19 Wife with mischievous kids, spineless individuals (5)
21 In a nutshell, utterly
reversed material (5)
QUICK
ACROSS
1 Pungent yellow sauce (7)
5 Rings (church bells) (5)
8 Hand-held light (5)
9 :RRGODQG ÁRZHU
10 2IÀFLDOO\ GHVLJQDWH
11 A League of ___ Own,
12 Dig up (a corpse) (6)
14 Go downhill, deteriorate (6) 18 Unpaid (5)
20 Perform (an event)
again (2-5)
22 Carpentry tool (7)
23 Drive forward (5)
24 Item put in a diary (5)
25 Vote in again (2-5)
DOWN
1 Gas emitted by cows
and other ruminants (7)
2 Discard as useless (5)
3 'HQLDO RI *RG·V
existence (7)
4 Lack (6)
5 Delightful surprise (5)
6 Female of a pride (7)
7 Assegai (5)
13 Rollers cover (7)
15 Erstwhile (3-4)
16 Small blank greetings
card (7)
17 Ale manufacturer (6)
18 Shade of yellow (5)
19 Effervescent (5)
21 Fruit used to make cider (5)