CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Magazine returned before day for meat (6)
4 Text of play in handwriting (6)
7 Weapons taken from a room, small (4)
8 Meal males consumed with fellow member of side (4-4)
9 No place for new hero, possibly (7)
12 Some monarch opposing dance (3)
14 A mother initially zealous on South American river (6)
15 Horrified at hags changing (6)
16 Doctor with head of year, dehydrated (3)
18 Incident involving one Democrat, plain (7)
22 Woodwind instrument, popular, covered with wine (8)
23 Courageous man with the
woman’s ring (4)
24 Mass departure involving former partner and odd duos
(6)
25 Old-fashioned group beginning (6)
DOWN
1 Informer over country with prairie (9)
2 Brief novel near Tommy (9)
3 Not cold, hospital used by Nick (5)
4 Celebrity securing one step
(5)
5 Wander, say, from Italian city
(4)
6 Paved area used by man or woman before ten (5)
1 Feathers, 5 Pink, 8 User, 9 Gardenia, 10 Hittite, 12 Dirge,
13 Scamps, 15 Morsel, 17 Spell, 18 Cape Cod, 22 Up in arms, 23 Male,
24 Heat, 25 Presents.
1 Flushes, 2 Alert, 3 Eight, 4 Sort, 6 Ignores, 7 Knave, 11 Impel,
12 Droop, 14 America, 16 Ladders, 17 South, 19 Aisle, 20 Chain, 21 Grip.
DOWN:
10 Entire aperture, say (5)
11 Bird with hound, though not at first (5)
12 Strange lass there being unfeeling (9)
13 Undergarment taken from attic poet rearranged (9)
17 Agitated earl, ten, needing rest
(5)
19 Seven usually including planet
(5)
20 The same tot I’d confused (5)
21 Quiet man getting jab (4) QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Cured ham (6)
4 Text of film (6)
7 Weapons (4)
8 Fellow member of side (4-4)
9 In no place (7)
12 Jump on one foot (3)
14 South American river (6)
15 Horrified (6)
16 Moistureless (3)
18 Apparent (7)
22 Woodwind instrument (8)
23 Courageous man (4)
24 Mass departure (6)
25 Start (6)
DOWN
1 Prairie (9)
2 Fleeting (9)
3 Nick (5)
4 Step (5)
5 Capital of Italy (4)
6 Paved area (5)
10 Entire (5)
11 Bird of prey (5)
12 Unfeeling (9)
13 Woman’s undergarment (9)
17 Take it easy (5)
19 Planet (5)
20 The aforesaid (5)
21 Poke (4)