CLASSIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 Noble individual's seen in

hostelries (8)

9 Note a queen and like

headwear (6)

10 Bound to sleep after last of

pills (4)

11 Design with flower around

type of biscuit (6,4)

12 Weak complaint backed by

the Parisian (6)

14 Catching sight of girl's head

piercing (8)

15 Audience storm broadcast for

TV shows (13)

17 Personification of US carbuncles, amateurish houses (5,3)

19 See soldiers draw back (6)

21 Start Freud off, being

unfulfilled (10)

22 Scourge of insect circling

area (4)

23 No longer available object

makes you upset (6)

24 Truly divine to keep home (8)

Tuesday, 24th November, 2020

No. 15,336 by Boz

DOWN

1 Bug right on part of leg (6)

2 Subversive act blocking

policeman with uniform (4)

3 Swimmer upset me, as

bare (3,5)

4 Good person erected opera

venues (6)

5 Decimating account, invested

in two groups (10)

6 Girl carrying silver case of

nice dishes (8)

8 Throw around article with golf

contest argument (8,5)

13 Reactions from bishop and a

king involved in quarrels (10) 15 Daughter with reportedly

harsh skin condition (8)

16 Rubbing area, item of underwear on detective no good (8)

18 Way to travel — walk (6)

20 Absolutely everyone beset by

concerning year (6)

22 Fine meat abandoned by

Hamish, protein-rich food (4)

ACROSS

1 Icy coating on the top

layer of soil (6,5)

9 Three-legged seat (5) 10 Area under the pastoral

care of a bishop (7)

11 ___ your welcome,

depart far too late (7)

12 Lived (in) (5)

13 Act of mimicking (13) 16 Slightly warm (5)

18 Spectacles (7)

20 Daunt by arousing

reverence (7)

21 African 'river horse' (5) 22 Completely

extinct (4,2,1,4)

DOWN

2 Tiled high-point of a

house (7)

3 Without lighting (5)

4 Cranefly (5-4-4)

5 South Wales valley

region (7)

6 Soft leather with a

rough surface (5) 7 Contact (with) (11)

8 Bookmaker's (7,4)

14 First name of ‘The Jungle Books’

author (7)

15 Vapid (7)

17 Segment (5)

19 Felt a dull pain (5)