Double crossword
CRYPTIC CLUES:
Across
1. They help people
grow better (5,7)
7. Possibly upset
an arrangement
(3-2)
8. An award for
tidiness (5)
9. It must be a bit
thick to bear (3)
10. Didn’t cost the
earth! (4-5)
11. He counts and
recounts (6)
12. Gives patient
attention (6)
15. Not prepared, so
to speak (9)
17. Allowed in court
(3)
18. Country which
might provide
aid in some way
(5)
19. Break in staff (5)
21. Pieces of expertise guarded
by private industry? (5,7)
Down
1. Become very indignant and
take flight (2,2,2,3,3)
2. A negative point to bring up
(3)
3. Little devil with the skill to
communicate (6)
4. A charity worth fighting for
(4,5)
5. Crest of a partridge with part
missing (5)
6. Schemes put forward for
places (12)
7. Go through the letters for
something charming (5)
10. Does it lend drama perhaps
to one’s sleep? (9)
13. Only about five find the
answer (5)
14. Ocean liners? (6)
16. A royal house (5)
20. Part of linear curvature (3)
QUICK CLUES:
Across
1. Meteor (8,4)
7. Colloquial language (5)
8. Reward (5)
9. Regret (3)
10. Space vehicle (9)
11. Indigenous (6)
12. Hurled (6)
15. Meddle (9)
17. Consume (3)
18. Fetter (5)
19. Not heavy (5)
21. Endless (12)
Down
1. Californian port (3,9)
2. Beverage (3)
3. Periods of darkness (6)
4. Tomb (9)
5. Plea of being elsewhere
(5)
6. In various places (4,3,5)
7. Dulcet (5)
10. Separation (9)
13. Unconcealed (5)
14. Madhouse (6)
16. Coach (5)
20. Fire-arm (3)
Friday’s answers
DOUBLE CROSSWORD:
Cryptic: Across: 4 Preface; 8 Air-gun; 9
Fairway; 10 Supply; 1 Proper; 12 Treatise;
18 Surprise; 20 Extort; 21 Fencer; 22
Calling; 23 Misses; 24 Flatter .Down: 1
Falsity; 2 Dropped; 3 Sunlit; 5 Reappear; 6
Forgot; 7 Cranes; 13 Instance; 14 Discuss;
15 Redress; 16 Ox-tail; 17 Goblet; 19
Precis.
Quick: Across: 4 Verbose; 8 Odious;
9 Zealous; 10 Temple; 11 Aboard; 12
Constant; 18 Careless; 20 Charge;
21 Action; 22 Placate; 23 Revere; 24
Measure.Down: 1 Contact; 2 Pigment;
3 Gullet; 5 Elevator; 6 Bellow; 7 Squirm;
13 Ancestor; 14 Besides; 15 Asunder; 16
Shelve; 17 Fracas; 19 Exceed.