DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

3 Remarkable absence of Edward? (5)

1 Building understanding? (11) 4 They often have their heads 9 20 blushing at first (3) in the clouds (6)

10 Deviate to bring one flank 5 First-class Latin translation round (4,5) into another language (7)

11 In time a sedative gave relief 6 Without sense of smell, one (5) is contained and silent (9) 13 Noted ten changed to go 7 No charge for stonework the round pit (7) practice of a secret society 14 Rate as female idiot? (6) (11)

16 Finish with the organ to win 8 Giving back speech to the affection (6) others (11)

18 Rest upon, and be more 12 Keep stocking up when untruthful than necessary? (7) using it (9)

19 Attack with broken stone (5)15 Substance arranged in 20 Court Enid a bit less (9) coils (7)

21 Also becoming nothing? (3) 17 It could not be more over 22 The chips are down in Paris one’s head (6)

(6,5) 19 He has bought something in town, Ernest has (5)

21 Match involving evenly matched opponents? (3)

DOWN

2 Queer circle joined by theologian (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Make-up (11) 9 Strike (3) 10 Worship (9) 11 Lift (5) 13 Scholarly (7) 14 Overtook (6) 16 Bans (6) 18 Constant (7) 19 Bundle (5) 20 Lifeless (9) 21 Kick (3) 22 Acumen (11)

DOWN

2 Revealed (3) 3 Put (5)

4 Oral (6) 5 Defame (7) 6 Begin (9) 7 Curative (11) 8 Heightened (11)

12 Stir up (9) 15 Eating away (7)

17 Spoil (6) 19 Perfume (5) 21 Pair (3)

We have found 35 words that can be made from the letters in the square, each of which uses the letter in the middle and contains at least four letters. We challenge you to beat this, and also to make at least one nine-letter word. No abbreviations, initials or foreign words unless they form words in everyday use. No plurals.

Good 23; very good 28; excellent 35.