Double Crossword

FRIDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION:

Across: 1 Capon; 4 Cast off; 8 Tear gas; 9 Umber; 10 Land; 11 Boat race; 13 Stop; 14 Tend; 16 Superior; 17 Free; 20 Loose; 21 Dead Sea; 22 Rattled; 23 Lisle. Down: 1 Cattle rustler; 2 Plain; 3 Nags; 4 Custom; 5 Scuttles; 6 On board; 7 Forced the pace; 12 Doorbell; 13 Support; 15 Loaded; 18 Roses; 19 Sail.

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

7. Indicates what a boxer may win on (6) 8. Look a goose? (6) 10. It’s a nonsense, but it may

give you a better outlook (7) 11. Sketched as tired-looking (5) 12. Final model used by

shoemaker (4) 13. Seamstress working underground? (5) 17. Different shape of the moon, for example (5) 18. Bucket said to be washed

out (4) 22. Possibly alter afterwards (5) 23. Gathering to see mothers

perform in the opera (7) 24. Gets on with groups of

directors (6) 25. Mercury, perhaps, of note in

the factory (6)

Down

1. Requests for charity an umpire has to deal with (7) 2. I’d written up poetry that’s different... (7) 3. ...Keats wrote about meat (5) 4. He puts what he makes on a horse! (7) 5. It’s perfect when I give out the cards (5) 6. Inclined to be lying (5) 9. See mother is upset with

having triplets (9) 14. Care had to be shown for a

go at a party game (7) 15. He’s treated for being willing

to wait (7) 16. They occur between

landings (7) 19. Suit societies (5) 20. Leather pieces put back (5) 21. Religious poem about palms

(5)