Portsmouth News

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. He hopes to find you well (6)

4. Such a position in society is often symbolical­ly expressed (6)

9. Realise and convey how one may act the part of a servant (5,3,5)

10. Thwarted by interbreed­ing? (7)

11. Beer mug I sent for (5)

12. Dusty sort of room (5)

14. Pakistan's greatest current asset (5)

18. House deposit? (5)

19. Conducted the meeting with ice-hard resolution (7)

21. Noisy debate is still logical (5,8)

22. One may get stains on these materials easily enough (6)

23. A number relaxed and stopped (6)

Down

1. Fault and default (6)

2. Certainly confident (7,1,5)

3. Character of those who are different (5)

5. Friar's at home and eats heartily (5,2)

6. Just a fraction of a rugby team (5-8)

7. Work of intelligen­ce (6)

8. Pole writes a poem (5)

13. Debtor needs to go bust in the city (7)

15. Their function is to secure quiet in class (6)

16. The team's points amount to 20 (5)

17. Revised point I'd raised with Edward (6)

20. The alternativ­e in France is grave (5)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Systematis­e (6) 4. Subtract (6) 9. Arm-waving (13) 10. Pain-killer (7) 11. Heading (5)

12. Cite (5)

14. Frighten (5) 18. Ring (5)

19. Advise (7) 21. Haunting (13) 22. Smaller (6) 23. Associatio­n (6)

Down

1. Brandy (6) 2. Debauchery (13) 3. Pixie (5) 5. Stretchabl­e (7) 6. Dull (13) 7. Affectiona­te (6) 8. Hushed (5) 13. Defame (7) 15. Legitimate (6) 16. Inadequate (5) 17. Dive (6)

20. Custom (5)

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