DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

7. Selected the Japanese

name for Korea (6) 8. Mineral water may be

measured in it, say (6) 10. Alternatively I land perhaps first or second, say (7)

11. Shady leafy shelter for a

violinist? (5) 12. He brings back the

post (4)

13. Fastener put on a snooker

ball? (5)

17. Girl in a yacht (5)

18. Fur coats, one hears, for a

scheming woman (4)

22. Make amends soon after

midnight? (5)

23. He flies from Scandinavia

to Romania (7) 24. Confection that's doubly good

in Paris (6)

25. Concerning charitable gifts for

sovereign states (6)

Down

1. In which children are taught

swimming? (7)

2. Splendid time for a

greeting (4,3)

3. A female copper (5)

4. A slipper from which one

drinks? (7)

5. Sketched as tired-looking (5) 6. Colour guide to a river (5) 9. He's a fool to obstruct the

principal (9)

14. Sailor taking metal to

resort (7)

15. Pilots flying to the south with

guns (7)

16. Without stopping to put your

thoughts into words? (7)

19. Live with a girl, perhaps (5) 20. Discovered nothing in the

kitty (5)

21. Send back an hourglass, for

example (5)

QUICK CLUES: Across

7. Costume (6) 8. Ice (6)

10. Judgement (7) 11. Facade (5)

12. Notch (4)

13. Raise (5)

17. Legal (5)

18. Centre (4)

22. Principle (5) 23. Ointment (7) 24. Quiet (6)

25. Loiter (6)

Down

1. Nunnery (7) 2. Draw (7) 3. Brilliant (5) 4. Lavish (7) 5. Under (5) 6. God (5) 9. Heinous (9) 14. Illness (7)

15. Alien (7)

16. Discourse (7) 19. Bog (5)

20. Inane (5)

21. Once more (5)