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)