The Scotsman

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

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CRYPTIC CLUES: Across

7. Freedom from anxiety shown by some cartograph­ers (6)

8. Give the fellow a blend of tea (6)

10. I've lost various flowers (7)

11. Particular positions that will produce spectacles, we hear (5)

12. This tide occurs at dusk (4)

13. Footwear establishi­ng a record in the Civil Service! (5)

17. A steel fastener put back for the creeper (5)

18 & 20Dn. Suffer twinges but

work with great care (4,5)

22. Father put back the top card quickly (5) 23. Came out in spots (7)

24. Used by the artist when camping? (6)

25. Dislodged from a high perch, one hears (6)

Down

1. Foresight? (7)

2. Everything still outstandin­g is not banned (7)

3. Revolution­ary film about the capital of Bulgaria (5)

4. So Grace redesigned the bouquet (7)

5. See 14 Down

6. Lets a minimum change take place (5)

9. Needs a pal for a seaside walk (9)

14 & 5Dn. Generous celebratio­n

for political group (7,5)

15. Whaling equipment – an instrument with a ring on (7) 16 & 21Dn. Chief illuminati­on for

pre-eminent personage (7,5)

19. It's not plain imaginatio­n (5)

20. See 18 Across

21. See 16 Down

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