The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Understands nautical measures (7)
5 Rushes back for turn (4)
10 Sank your teeth into small portion (3)
11 Old way or a random new version (5,4)
12 Seaside town back to front decimally? (5)
13 Gems hidden in bag at estate (6)
15 Numbers in Greek capital being inquisitive (6)
17 Maybe lie in bed anyhow, fit for consumption (6)
18 Initially check sign of tooth decay (6)
20 Reported rapid increase in fabric (5)
23 I later turned, scoffed and hit back (9)
24 Animal doctor in love – terribly! (3)
25 Obliged to pay nothing to get married (4)
26 Formal talk of work to rule, etc (7)
DOWN
2 Part of Glastonbury or part of Birmingham (5)
3 Comedian to hear friendly disturbance (5,7)
4 Graduates hold minute reptile (5)
6 Saying that car is covered with lead (7)
7 Bare getting up into bed, uncovered (4)
8 Diminishing from a bat in Gloucestershire (7)
9 Furious about where completed film is going down (12)
14 Tome men reprint? No, just a reminder (7)
16 Jump in front of the French, to cause shock (7)
19 Keep oxygen in wine (5)
21 Motorist didn’t start in stream (5)
22 Brisbane first Olympic city with zest (4)