CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

SATURDAY’S SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Hornpipe; 5 Kris; 9 Stop; 10 Endanger; 11 Gifts; 12 One-step; 13 Shocking state; 18 Artistry; 19 Pent; 20 Proceed; 21 Scant; 22 Nero; 23 Restless.

Down: 2 Ostrich; 3 Nepotic; 4 Pontoon bridge; 6 Regatta; 7 Scruple; 8 Caress; 13 Sharpen; 14 Outdoor; 15 Kismet; 16 Topical; 17 Tenants.

ACROSS

1. They meet the needs of strikers (11)

9. Coachman? (7)

10. It’s time the score should indicate it (5)

11 & 19Dn. Tackle the job, as wrestlers strive to do (3,2,5)

12. Feeling the cold – a southern winter in France needed (7)

13. If care is taken a conveyance can be produced (6)

15. Artist’s room where the boss is seen before ten (6)

18. Perspicacity in one sense (7)

20. Describing a diamond that’s not reduced in price (5)

22. A bit of research indicates it’s a means of communication in Asia (5)

23. Time-server in better order (7) 24. Performs capriciously! (4,3,4)

DOWN

2. A role detached from others (5) 3. Geographical line for a hundred on trip (7) 4. Kind of board used by the builder and the teacher (6)

5. Vessel used in a bucket chain (5)

6. Didn’t stay put – drove me mad! (7)

7. This may make one too nervous to go on (5,6) 8. A quartet of advertisements for beds (4-7)

14. Shockingly endless increase in poison (7)

16. What’s the excursionist doing getting involved in a gun riot? (7)

17. A stabbing pain produced by a needle (6)

19. See 11 Across

21. It indicates a break in continuity for the butterfly (5)