CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

1. Remains of the forest

fire? (3,5)

6. Rush back for some jazz (4) 8. Measure nothing more

than paper size (6)

9. Green not fully developed (6)

10. Canine detective? (10) 12. Lower garment in the

English Channel (6) 14. Necessitate having some

women tailors (6) 15. Revolutionary device for

walking to work (10) 19. Joseph’s with Hugh, say, a

character from the Bible (6) 20. It contains pollen in

fragrant herbs (6) 21. Breeding stock might be

collared (4) 22. Outside was bird with a

novice (8) 2. Style of music that appeals

to fish, say? (4) 3. Beat or stir the broth (5) 4. Thrifty management of nation’s resources and finances (7) 5. Small group of people point to a child of four shortly (5) 6. Produce an eviction

order? (4,3) 7. Add up eleven at the end

of the book (8) 11. Treats our waste, becomes

useless (5,3) 13. In the hut mother’s

shattered (7) 14. Alien held another angel

who was graceful (7) 16. Take evasive action and

become interlaced? (5) 17. After a time I leave retail

organisation (5) 18. Lady against overtime (4)

1 Safe-cracker; 7 Ladybird; 8 Boil; 9 Tart; 11 Balmoral; 13 Usurp; 14 Maxim; 16 Triumphs; 18 Etch; 21 Mali; 22 Milepost; 23 Peripatetic.

1 Self-trust; 2 Fader; 3 Cobs; 4 Abroad; 5 Embrocate; 6 Gina; 10 Turquoise; 12 Lymphatic; 15 Shrimp; 17 Reap; 19 Trout; 20 Beat.