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CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 It’s his job to put together a good score (8)
5 Being in a home, one gets recompensed (4)
8 Hard line man (4)
9 Dave upset about a broken shin? Not any more! (8)
10 But they could become devils right away, chums! (7)
12 Good quality pie, a bit crusty (5)
13 Fearfully apt to give a cry of pain! (6)
15 Agreement of the kind forwarded (6)
17 Being very loud in giving the wrong age, is a mistake (5)
18 That of a talkative individual, evidently (7)
22 Given an escape route, the old soldier shot through it! (8)
23 Something passable done in a jug (4)
24 Try to hit the ball out of sight! (4)
25 Pettish causes of mother’s quarrels (8)
DOWN
1 Mainly a companion, that is, to run away with (7)
2 Moira’s wild native fellow (5)
3 Rescued, but not happy about the great day (5)
4 Call endlessly? (4)
6 Manage to hasten into a rugged cave (7)
7 Mummy keeper? (5)
11 At the end of a rope, there’s nothing to sniff about (5)
12 Former article of diet? (5)
14 Remaining unconscious, having been dropped (4,3)
16 Jack scores marks (7)
17 Dance for which a girl needs music (5)
19 A clean pair? (5)
20 He takes things badly (5)
21 Just an average little man (4) QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Music writer (8)
5 Given money (4)
8 Metal (4)
9 Disappeared (8)
10 Pals (7)
12 Holiness (5)
13 Cowardly (6)
15 Agree (6)
17 Social blunder (5)
18 Prattle (7)
22 Narrow aperture (8)
SATURDAY’S PUB QUIZ ANSWERS:
1. C: Fortnite; 2. C: Fifth; 3. C: Toby Jones; 4. B: Two; 5. B: Badger; 6. B: 1728;
7. B: BMT; 8. A: Luna Lovegood; 9. C: Your Song; 10. C: Staves; 11. C: Oddjob;
12. Trick question !!!!! 1966’s inaugural UK Christmas stamps were of a king and snowman; 13. C: ITV; 14. A: You Know I Know; 15. B: Brazil; 16. C: Four;
17. B: Chinook; 18. A: Kurt Russell; 19. A: DIY; 20. B: Jason Statham.
23 Occasion (4)
24 Golf stroke (4)
25 Dogs (8)
DOWN
1 Primarily (7)
2 New Zealander (5)
3 Preserved (5)
4 Circle (4)
6 Accomplish (7)
7 Papa (5)
11 Halter (5)
12 Macaroni, etc. (5)
14 Omitted (4,3)
16 Aiming marks (7)
17 Old dance (5)
19 Leans over (5)
20 Robber (5)
21 Standard (4) YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: ACROSS: 7 Mandarin, 8 Late, 9 Dulcet, 10 Target, 11 Bent, 12 Red Cross, 14 Studious, 18 Pity, 20 Recent, 22 Tropic, 23 Stop, 24 Overcast. DOWN: 1 Salute, 2 Educated, 3 Crater, 4 United, 5 Slur, 6 Stress, 13 Reproach, 15 Treaty, 16 Option, 17 Settee, 19 Thirst, 21 Espy.