YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS

WORDPUZZLER:

DOUBLE CROSSWORD:

Cryptic: Across: 1 Thumbnail; 8 Elm; 9 Understates; 11 Hearses; 12 Reign; 13 Missal; 15 Clause; 17 Silas; 18 Ecstasy; 20 Non-starters; 22 Arc; 23 Strangler. Down: 2 Hen; 3 Burns; 4 Artist; 5 Lateral; 6 Gesticulate; 7 Immensely; 10 Dead silence; 11 Homestead; 14 Assents; 16 Debtor; 19 Siren; 21 Rye.

Quick: Across: 1 Facetious; 8 Nee; 9 Complicated; 11 Satchel; 12 Amble; 13 Piracy; 15 Beaten; 17 Erase; 18 Affable; 20 Impropriety; 22 Cos; 23 Retaliate. Down: 2 Ado; 3 Tilth; 4 Occult; 5 Satiate; 6 Indubitable; 7 Vengeance; 10 Materialise; 11 Supremacy; 14 Creeper; 16 Layout; 19 Feral; 21 Tot.

CODEWORD: 1=L, 2=U, 3=F, 4=A, 5=W, 6=Q, 7=J, 8=E, 9=K, 10=B, 11=H, 12=T, 13=N, 14=G, 15=X, 16=I, 17=C, 18=P, 19=S, 20=Y, 21=M, 22=R, 23=D, 24=O, 25=V, 26=Z.

SUDOKU:

MINIQUIZ:

1 Horse chestnut; 2 Black widow; 3 A wading bird; 4 Blarney; 5 Steven Spielberg; 6 Black Hole of Calcutta; 7 Alan Ayckbourn; 8 Portugal; 9 Waterford; 10 John Osborne.

WORD SPIRAL: 1 Fang; 2 Grip; 3 Pond; 4 Doll; 5 Load; 6 Dish; 7 Hush; 8 Halo; 9 Opts; 10 Shin; 11 Nest; 12 Tiff; 13 Flog; 14 Golf; 15 Fawn; 16 Null.

Keyword: Holland.

CLOCKWORD:

1 Reckon, 2 Indian, 3 Coffin, 4 Harden, 5 Auburn, 6 Return, 7 Domain, 8 Govern, 9 Option, 10 Unison, 11 German, 12 Happen.

CELEBRITY: Richard Gough.

WORD WHEEL: AFTERWORD.