WEEKEND PUZZLER SOLUTIONS

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD: ACROSS: 6 Breaker; 7 Grips;p 9 Bar; 10 Transport; 12 Partsinging; I 15 Undergrowth; 17 E Defective; 19 Man; 21 Astir; T 22 Assails. E RE TALC

E I

DOWN: 1 Groan; 2 May;

LIP 3 Peer; 4 Propagate;

EA P 5 Sparing; 8 Indigo; 11

AC L Daredevil; 13 Tights; 14

TA Inverse; 16 Rally; 18 Vest; 20 Day.

COMPACT CROSSWORD ONE

ACROSS: 1 Twigs, 4 Adept, 10 Aisle, 11 Recluse, 12 Fleeting, 13 Sift, 15 Noting, 17 Decent, 19 Trim, 20 Redolent, 23 Opening, 24 Motto, 25 Stark, 26 Adore.

DOWN: 2 Waste, 3 Greeting, 5 Dock, 6 Pauline, 7 Malfunction, 8 Prone, 9 Destitution, 14 Reformed, 16 Trident, 18 Verge, 21 Enter, 22 Pier.

COMPACT CROSSWORD TWO

ACROSS: 6 Kingdom; 7 Brook; 9 Pry; 10 Variegate; 12 Unremitting; 15 Pandemonium; 17 Lucrative; 19 Dry; 21 Quiet; 22 Flatten. DOWN: 1 Fiery; 2 Egg; 3 Sofa; 4 Frightful; 5 Content; 8 Minion; 11 Unadorned; 13 Enmity; 14 Fatuous; 16 Grief; 18 Vile; 20 Sty. CODEWORD: 1=I, 2=U, 3=V, 4=Y, 5=X, 6=H, 7=W, 8=O, 9=S, 10=P, 11=E, 12=C, 13=A, 14=M, 15=B, 16=N, 17=D, 18=F, 19=L, 20=T, 21=K, 22=Q, 23=R, 24=G, 25=Z, 26=J.

MINIQUIZ: 1 Jimmy Connors; 2 Pudding Lane; 3 Clement Attlee; 4 Aubergine; 5 Apples; 6 Fathom; 7 Jane Fonda; 8 Georgia; 9 Cleopatra (VII); 10 John Fowles

WORD SPIRAL :1Foal;2 Lies; 3 Sofa; 4 Acne; 5 Erse; 6 Evil; 7 Loom; 8 Mile; 9 Emit; 10 Tips; 11 Silk; 12 Knob; 13 Bloc; 14 Claw; 15 Want; 16 Tomb. KEYWORD:MOMBASA

CLOCKWORD:

1 Append, 2 Needed, 3 Nagged, 4 Eloped, 5 Osmond, 6 Forced, 7 Called, 8 Lauded, 9 Echoed, 10 Voided, 11 Errand, 12 Sordid QUEEN CONSORT: Anne of Cleves

WORD WHEEL: MULTITUDE