YESTERDAY’S SOLUTIONS

DOUBLE CROSSWORD: Cryptic: Across: 1 Snip, 8 Imposition, 9 Shortage, 10 Reap, 12 Swords, 14 Stolon, 15 Staves, 17 Better, 18

E Thin, 19 Derision, 21 Minute book, 22 Eddy. Y C

Down: 2 Night watch, 3 Pier, 4 Appals, 5 Assets, 6 start out, 7 Snap, 11 I Above board, 13 Ravenous, 16 Sodden, 17 Barrow, 18 Tome, 20 Sake. COMPACT CROSSWORD ACROSS: 8 Ace, 9 Predicate, 10 Tenor, 11 Dunkirk, 12 Conserve, 14 Fair, 15 Dove, 16 Promised, 20 College, 21 Aegis, 23 Despoiler, 24 Ale.

DOWN: 1 Baltic, 2 Dean, 3 Sparse, 4 Head over heels, 5 Giant, 6 Radicals, 7 Beaker, 13 Novelist, 15 Decide, 17 Meagre, 18 Dispel, 19 Demon, 22 Gram.

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

MINIQUIZ: 1 Mount Everest, 2 The House of Commons, 3 Vampires, 4 Liverpool Cathedral, 5 Maelstrom, 6 Mosquitoes, 7 Violin, 8 Tasmania, 9 Magi, 10 Bob Paisley.

WORD SPIRAL: 1 Zero, 2 Odds, 3 Stye, 4 Etch, 5 Huge, 6 Ewer, 7 Room, 8 Maid, 9 Dead, 10 Dads, 11 Soda, 12 Ajar. 13 Read, 14 Dish, 15 Herb, 16 Bolt.. Keyword:maltese

CLOCKWORD:

1 Expert, 2 Report, 3 Nugget, 4 Silent, 5 Talent, 6 Bought, 7 Linnet, 8 Orient, 9 Flaunt, 10 Export, 11 Lariat, 12 Dulcet.

CELEBRITY: Ernst Bl,ofeld

WORD WHEEL: HONEYMOON