THE TAKE-A-BREAK CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1. A sporting combination to bear abundant fruit, we hear (4) 3. He’s absolutely in control (8) 9. Country to impose a veto inter alia! (7) 10. Catchment areas – great ones, maybe (5) 11. Essays for which notes are indispensable (12) 13. The spread of what was once part of a camp? (6) 15. A list of meeting-points (6) 17. Could they be members of a firing-party? (12) 20. Island requiring a bit of secret exploration (5) 21. A dangerous floater, no longer part of the pack (7) 22. What the gardener sets as his blooming standard! (4-4) 23. A sign that there should be an adder around! (4)
DOWN
1. Completed a rush job on the roof (8) 2. In which impressions of different countries are collected (5) 4. Not an upright type (6) 5. Effective accounts of what the tattler is doing (7, 5) 6. Received by the host, but deceived (5, 2) 7. It’s right to employ a trick (4) 8. No men can tune into this public statement (12) 12. Periods of treatment required by a fool in rough games! (8) 14. Those who look after business propositions (7) 16. Public notice wickedness – specialist opinion needed (6) 18. One distribution can’t be bettered (5) 19. The mark of a wound will produce endless alarm (4)
QUICK CLUES Across
1. Choose (4) 3. Jam (8) 9. Rubbers (7) 10. Doubly (5) 11. Teacher (12) 13. Sieve (6) 15. Substance (6) 17. Impolite (12) 20. Boredom (5) 21. Wordy (7) 22. Commonplace (8) 23. Pluck (4)
Down
1. Delight (8) 2. Trainer (5) 4. Recommence (6) 5. Adequate (12) 6. Apparel (7) 7. Pitcher (4) 8. Memory (12) 12. Outlook (8) 14. Condescended (7) 16. Tremble (6) 18. Smell (5) 19. Nil (4)
YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS QUICK
Across 6 Imperil 7 Tutor 9 Sleek 10 Gratify 12 Derangement 14 Quicksilver 18 Receive 19 Store 21 Sever 22 Frailty
Down
1 Imply 2 Delete 3 Hid 4 Custom 5 Confine 8 Wriggle 11 Passive 13 Quieten 15 Clever 16 Entail 17 Truth 20 Cry
CRYPTIC
Across 6 Withers 7 Adorn 9 Ghost 10 Reviled 12 Certainties 14 Withdrawing 18 Adapted 19 Avoid 21 Lever 22 Butcher
Down
1 Might 2 Chaste 3 Try 4 Addict 5 Dry-eyed 8 Reviews 11 Stories 13 Fiddler 15 Hyphen 16 Novice 17 Aimed 20 Out