DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1 Ladies producing the
highest standards ( 6)
5 Bandy male in marsh ( 5)
9 Defamation of the Spanish after liberation ( 5)
10 Significant yet express
contempt ( 3,4)
11 Steer clear of prang,
not entirely ( 4) 12 I talk to strange wife inside
power unit ( 8)
16 Constructor found in the dock ( 11)
18 Gave a sermon quietly to get
at journalist ( 8)
21 Tolerates noise from river
below ( 4)
23 Corresponding to rodent in
sailing boat ( 3,4)
24 Parts of speech on sun garbled ( 5)
25 Mature daughter finally appears
wearing formal dress ( 5) 26 Putting pile of hay into empty river is awkward ( 6)
Down
2 Rake over plot to receive each EU amendment ( 9)
3 Some road tax legislation helps to keep the wheels turning! ( 4)
4 Naval officer replaces unsuitable net ( 3,10)
6 Crikey, internal papers she’s been left ( 5)
7 Intended to close
back of packet ( 5)
8 Colour black
and green ( 5)
13 No more than a fragment of a John Lennon lyric ( 4)
14 Utterly amazed as
we changed cart ( 9)
15 Part of the picture Ben- Hur, for example ( 4)
17 Live way out round
foot of dales ( 5)
19 Bloodier less
often ( 5)
20 Top removed from
slender missile ( 5)
22 Opposed to half the
old things? ( 4)
QUICK CLUES
Across
1 Pared closely ( 6)
5 Reedless wind instrument ( 5)
9 Follower of a pre- Christian
religion ( 5)
10 Prisoner ( 7)
11 Tim ___, former musical partner of Andrew Lloyd Webber ( 4)
12 Nervousness ( 8)
16 Person who is overly concerned
with possessions ( 11)
18 Breed of dog also known as
the German shepherd ( 8)
21 Linen fibre ( 4)
23 Italian ricotta- filled dish ( 7)
24 African or Asian pachyderm ( 5) 25 Nerve, impudence ( 5)
26 Hire, take on ( 6)
Down
2 Top- quality ( 4- 5)
3 Heating- system
aperture ( 4)
4 State that something will
now be legal ( 13)
6 Extremely angry ( 5)
7 Unspoken but understood ( 5)
8 Pointed tower ( 5)
13 Wight, Man or Sheppey, eg ( 4)
14 Abusive ( 9)
15 Come face to face ( 4)
17 Glorify ( 5)
19 Canine restraint ( 5)
20 Spry ( 5)
22 Talk big ( 4)