DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES

Across

1 Layers of cake back in

South Africa ( 6)

5 A hundred adore a bit of

garlic ( 5)

9 Disturb superior

group ( 5)

10 Distress or utter agony ( 7)

11 Easy therefore on foot ( 4)

12 Pair leased bit of

jewellery ( 8) 16 Awful fear and peril to

rapidly increase ( 11)

18 Iterates poor written

work ( 8)

21 Drop a story that’s

old ( 4)

23 Somehow bar acid

from rum ( 7)

24 Disagree about riverless

French region ( 5)

25 Point on stiletto – simple

invention ( 5)

26 See the sign ( 6) Down

2 Working party’s job for church ( 4,5) 3 Turns to a New Testament book ( 4) 4 Following the trend, to a certain extent ( 5,1,7) 6 Drink borne by an earl at ten ( 5) 7 Some oversentimental poetry ( 5) 8 Loud men make an appearance ( 5) 13 In vehicle, the last to exercise caution ( 4) 14 The garlic can make you sluggish ( 9) 15 Surfeit line in belly ( 4)

17 Delivered although had not been spent ( 5)

19 Get to run

individually ( 5)

20 Humble airhead

on foot ( 5)

22 Even freak pet

is fascinated ( 4)

QUICK CLUES

Across

1 Hot- tasting capsicum pod ( 6)

5 England/ Australia cricket

‘ trophy’ ( 5)

9 Collection of maps in a

book ( 5)

10 Drank ( a glass) dry ( 7)

11 Wheel part with a tread ( 4)

12 Increase rapidly in scale ( 8)

16 Common source of electricity

in hot countries ( 5,6)

18 Woman who kneads the body

therapeutically ( 8)

21 Pervade, spread

throughout ( 4)

23 Hire car ordered in advance ( 7) 24 Large black bird ( 5)

25 Blue- green gemstone ( 5) 26 Personify, typify ( 6)

Down

2 Side- splitting ( 9)

3 Smaller in quantity ( 4)

4 Absolutely necessary ( 13)

6 Knack ( 5)

7 Apply, bring to bear ( 5)

8 Over- seasoned ( 5)

13 Primates ( 4)

14 Injured ( 9)

15 Part of the neck ( 4)

17 Mix, combine ( 5)

19 Emerge ( 5)

20 Piquant ( 5)

22 Maggot ( 4)