YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS
Crossword No. 15, 911 Across:
1 Pole Star. 5 Decamp. 9 Baroness. 10 Seance. 12 Inch. 13 Ins and outs. 15 Police officer. 19 Helter-skelter. 23 Sink or swim. 25 Saki. 28 Iritis. 29 Atropine. 30 Needle. 31 Reindeer.
Down: 1 Public. 2 Lyric. 3 Sand. 4 Arsenic. 6 Emend. 7 Announcer. 8 Pressure. 11 Dado. 14 Sloe. 15 Polonaise. 16 Elk. 17 Fate. 18 Thespian. 20 So-so. 21 Epistle. 22 Linear. 24 Oriel. 26 Arise. 27 Coin.
Quick – No. 16, 490 Across:
1 Mars; 3 Spacious; 8 Dusk; 9 Migraine; 11 Oldfashioned; 13 Resort; 14 Innate; 17 Glockenspiel; 20 Porpoise; 21 Able; 22 Swan song; 23 Kent.
Down:
1 Mediocre; 2 Resides; 4 Plight; 5 Cartoonist; 6 Opine; 7 Suet; 10 Capricious; 12 Hellbent; 15 Amiable; 16 Lessen; 18 Larva; 19 Apes.
Give or take – 411