Maidenhead Advertiser

Double Crossword

Choose either quick or cryptic clues.

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Cryptic Clues: Across

1. Has old-fashioned style (4)

3. Turning point in worldly affairs? (8)

9. It would be if you bought it as seasoned timber (3,4)

10. New place for putting golf balls (5)

11. Let sprites go free as sprites (12)

13. Outcast with a song in his heart (6)

15. He stole away from the shore (6)

17. Embassy sign for religious types (12)

20. Belief in sacred office (5)

21. I join two hundred in a game that’s played (7)

22. Did go round there but couldn’t make up one’s mind (8)

23. I stole away to an isolated spot (4)

Down

1. Two music-makers dance (8)

2. It gets wetter as it dries (5)

4. Compel to do a favour? (6)

5. Import to make icing in cafes (12)

6. A tinier form of sloth (7)

7. Bird from another nest (4)

8. Isn’t it particular what it sells? (7,5)

12. Ocean liner popular with holidaymak­ers (8)

14. Intend to appear in torn clothing (7)

16. Type of car to hold fifty two (6)

18. Is about to study pictures (5)

19. Altogether it’s sour, but one drop is sweet (4)

Quick Clues: Across

1. Drug (4)

3. Ambitious (8)

9. Saying (7)

10. Coldness (5)

11. Indispensa­ble helper (54,3)

13. Rubber (6)

15. Ailing (6)

17. Thought (12)

20. Walk on (5)

21. Plunder (7)

22. Travel document (8)

23. Minus (4)

Down

1. Left (8)

2. Tine (5)

4. Undergroun­d passage (6)

5. By the way (12)

6. Mimic (7)

7. Strong wind (4)

8. Become apprehensi­ve (3,3,4,2)

12. Eye shades (8)

14. Never growing old (7)

16. A condiment (6)

18. Likeness (5)

19. Withhold (4)

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