YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS

DOUBLE CROSSWORD: Cryptic: Across: 1 Bustle; 4 Scraps; 9 Acting captain;

12M 10 Candour; 11 Tense; Sword; 14 Inane; 18 Upend; 19 Outrage; 21 Block capitals; 22 Riding; 23 Planed. Down: 1 Branch; 2 Set a new record; 3 Lingo; 5 Capstan; 6 Again and again; 7 Singer; 8 Score; 13 Redskin; 15 Rubber; 16 Woman; 17 Versed; 20 Trial.

COMPACT CROSSWORD ACROSS: 7 Anti, 8 Sheepdog, 9 Quaff, 10 Smother, 12 Ink, 13 Bollywood, 16 Hollywood, 17 Spy, 19 Two-tone, 21 Pouch, 23 Downtown, 24 Leer. DOWN: 1 Innuendo, 2 Jiffy, 3 Ask, 4 Vermillion, 5 Spa town, 6 Doze, 11 Bow window, 14 Oxpecker, 15 Blatant, 18 Dolly, 20 Wood, 22 Gnu.

CODEWORD: 1=N, 2=L, 3=J, 4=B, 5=F, 6=A, 7=C, 8=H, 9=E, 10=X, 11=T, 12=K, 13=I, 14=D, 15=P, 16=U, 17=Z, 18=R, 19=S, 20=O, 21=Q, 22=Y, 23=G, 24=W, 25=V, 26=M

MINIQUIZ: 1 Robert Falcon Scott; 2 Smithfield; 3 Whips; 4 Spain; 5 Thomas Edison; 6 Sir H Rider Haggard;

7 Ian Smith; 8 Eden; 9 Sleepwalking; 10 Skye

WORD SPIRAL: 1Wash;2 Heal; 3 Lean; 4 Neat; 5 Tarn; 6 Noah; 7 Help; 8 Plod; 9 Dies; 10 Sofa; 11 Afar; 12 Rain; 13 Noel; 14 Lava; 15 Acid; 16 Deli.

KEYWORD: Pelican

CLOCKWORD:

1 Tackle, 2 Emerge, 3 Native, 4 Octave, 5 Cookie, 6 Humble, 7 Toffee, 8 Inmate, 9 Trifle, 10 Liable, 11 Astute, 12 Nuance

CITY: Tenochtitlan

WORD WHEEL: BARGAINER