DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Block where I’m awfully

deep ( 6)

4 A crab’s wandering

round beetle ( 6)

9 Ignore fluid revealed ( 5)

10 Rue lies concocted

in spare time ( 7)

11 Spanish fighter a tad more in

trouble without English ( 7) 12 Horrid North American,

dirty home ( 5)

13 Top player disrupted darts game clutching rook and knight ( 11)

18 Compare to plants

in conversation ( 5)

20 Awful earfuls of

non- compliance ( 7)

22 I daren’t organise

commercial swap ( 5- 2) 23 Church official

runs off edge ( 5)

24 Exchanging dinars is exhausting ( 6)

25 Card game – pontoon, perhaps ( 6)

Down

1 Notoriety results

if many are upset ( 6)

2 College official needs publicity to head off medic ( 7)

3 Fruit, bit of damson, no longer in vogue ( 5)

5 Stencil produced

for the customers ( 7)

6 Defeats when our turn on back street ( 5)

7 See you with

two extras ( 3- 3)

8 Run off with Across

material, blue ( 11) 1 Mourn ( 6)

14 Relative eager 4 Telephone, make

to get material ( 7) a call ( 4,2)

15 Guaranteed 9 Skilled ( 5) no doubt in the 10 Indentation ( 7) finish ( 7) 11 Emancipate ( 3,4)

16 Very happy to return 12 Urge, encourage ( 3,2)

story to editor ( 6) 13 Large wind- propelled

17 Record- holder, vessel ( 7,4)

some jumper! ( 6) 18 Combat area ( 5)

19 It’s fine to return 20 Digression ( 7) in the manner of 22 Illustrations in a book a marsupial ( 5) or magazine ( 7)

21 In cafe, very hot 23 As above ( 5)

feeling ( 5) 24 Sparse ( 6)

QUICK CLUES 25

Act correctly ( 6) Down

1 Bleary ( eyed) ( 6)

2 Lethargy ( 7)

3 Elector ( 5)

5 Cause admiration ( 7)

6 Leaving ( 5)

7 Very strong ( 6)

8 Mutual

compromise ( 4,3,4)

14 Become public

knowledge ( 4,3)

15 Cold beverage ( 4,3)

16 Annoy, pester ( 6)

17 Rub lightly ( 6)

19 Surplus ( 5)

21 Jog with the elbow ( 5)