DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1 Dog restricted by lead,
it’s said wisely? ( 7)
5 Sauce! Keeping very soft
and sentimental ( 5)
8 In a nutshell, utterly reversed
material ( 5)
9 Female leaves social event
with ointment ( 7)
10 Still curtailed sporting fixture ( 4) 11 Casual start to competition by a spineless match official ( 8)
13 Deadline for entries sent long- distance with no name ( 7,4)
17 Stop to use the whole
suitcase? ( 4,2,2)
19 Holiday complex, better around beginning of May ( 4)
21 Cut off short, feel ill ( 7) 22 It doesn’t make a sound when dropped ( 5)
23 Good man isn’t
a convert ( 5)
24 Initially start,
if unsure ( 2,5)
Down
1 Felt sorry for investigator bound with rope ( 6)
2 Lubricating instructions become a bore ( 3,4)
3 Seeing things ( 4)
4 Shrub could be
valuable, in I go! ( 13)
5 Comes after
flourishes ( 8)
6 Previous member
of an order ( 5)
7 Pulled American
Across
journalist ( 6)
1 Large jug ( 7)
12 Partisan reformed
5 Fashion ( 5) by candidate ( 8)
8 Breathing organs ( 5)
14 Piece of land – or
what goes on it ( 7) 9 Not the same ( 7)
15 Ages taken 10 Story ( 4) to reconstruct 11 Strongly criticise ( 3,3,2) Cheops ( 6) 13 Referee ( 11)
16 Result of firing 17 Deserter, renegade ( 8)
skywards? ( 6) 19 Thought ( 4)
18 Bird goes back to 21 Japanese paper- folding ( 7)
soldier and dog ( 5) 22 Big ___, fairground ride ( 5) 20 UK river in 23 Wear away ( 5)
Staffordshire ( 4) 24 Every evening ( 7)
QUICK CLUES Down
1 Roof of the mouth ( 6)
2 Twisted, knotted ( 7)
3 Dry covering of a seed ( 4)
4 Process of bringing back
together ( 13)
5 Abstaining from alcohol ( 8)
6 Explode, as a volcano ( 5)
7 Remove ( a computer
file, eg) ( 6)
12 Buy ( 8)
14 One of a broken set ( 7)
15 In residence ( 2,4)
16 Castle wall ( 6)
18 Large African mammal ( 5)
20 Take a gulp ( 4)