DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1 Flat dish, gold, found
in tableland ( 7)
5 Noisy height of resentment ( 5)
8 O, a short female relative
in desert watering place ( 5)
9 Lowest form of river
vermin ( 7)
10 Call for servant ( 4)
11 Centre’s rebuilt round cold
urban road ( 8) 13 Unusual prize to attach inside haberdashery item ( 3- 8)
17 Purely spiritual wretched
pal needs a pick- me- up ( 8)
19 Partly admit children are
a source of irritation! ( 4)
21 Big shops, half of them
by river inlet ( 7)
22 Abraham’s son is Abraham’s
first, on account ( 5)
23 Form of quiet primate ( 5)
24 Reveals former attitudes ( 7)
Down
1 Help an actor to
be on time ( 6)
2 Returning,
I take a long time with South African spear ( 7)
3 Cooked eels
instead ( 4)
4 Guess too low a figure – it’s enumerated wrongly ( 13)
5 Reporters exert
force on fellows ( 8)
6 Those waiting to hear from Bond’s gadget man ( 5)
7 Property owned
in English country ( 6)
12 Certainly going in the wrong direction, one French leader absent ( 2,6)
14 Catches parents
out ( 7)
15 Distresses the
superior groups ( 6)
16 Uncovers – aw,
gee! ( 6)
18 Mountain had shortened for Greek character ( 5)
20 Thin strand in
kiwi’s plumage ( 4)
QUICK CLUES
Across
1 Vapour- like ( 7)
5 Lump, swelling ( 5)
8 Throw out ( of a building) ( 5)
9 Batting time in cricket ( 7)
10 Traditional Japanese
wrestling ( 4)
11 Figure of speech ( 8)
13 Making afraid ( 11)
17 Elastic ( 8)
19 Single ( 4)
21 Dub, name ( 7)
22 As far as ( 5)
23 Frequency selector ( 5)
24 Having bands
of colour ( 7)
Down
1 Unctuous ( 6)
2 Sparkle ( 7)
3 Porridge cereal ( 4)
4 Sharp items of footwear? ( 8,5)
5 Brightly coloured handkerchief worn on the head ( 8)
6 Meal ( 5)
7 Guarantee ( 6)
12 Troublemaker ( 8)
14 Incessant ( 3- 4)
15 Facet or outlook ( 6)
16 Facial feature used
for blinking ( 6)
18 Snitch, tattle ( 3,2)
20 Cat’s sound ( 4)