Double crossword
CRYPTIC CLUES:
Across
1. What the
inventor of the
monorail had?
(3,5,4)
7. Old woman is
little credit to
one (5)
8. Starts soft and is
mainly boggy (5)
9. A pound put on
for service? (3)
10. Departs later - in
pursuit? (4,5)
11. Start a silent
radio? (3,3)
12. Fifty fools,all
females (6)
15. Proper way to
twist blue taper
(9)
17. Middle of the
rain period (3)
18. It may result
in gaining an
admission (5)
19. A brief for example is for the
defence (5)
21. Approves of human faces
(12)
Down
1. It keeps men out from
morning to evening! (3,3,6)
2. A somewhat curious place in
S. America (3)
3. Many at a bar ,being bright
(6)
4. Gamesman and I are upset
and run badly (9)
5. A strange thing, but it’s time
for bed (5)
6. Not a dry subject, but
dictators shy from it! (12)
7. With a young animal it
amounts to less than two
feet (5)
10. Present day indication that a
donor can’t make up his mind
(4-5)
13. Springs from the bows (5)
14. Burning a mark on a horse
(6)
16. Final result of a snap
decision? (5)
20. Travel to a port in India (3)
QUICK CLUES:
Across
1. Immediately (12)
7. Lesser (5)
8. Worth (5)
9. Everything (3)
10. Wretched (9)
11. Expel (6)
12. Empty (6)
15. Praising (9)
17. Ancient (3)
18. Rapidity (5)
19. Bowl (5)
21. Accidental (12)
Down
1. Sleepwalker (12)
2. Tavern (3)
3. Annoy (6)
4. Opponent (9)
5. Extemporise (2-3)
6. Despondency (12)
7. A fruit (5)
10. Maltreat (9)
13. Decorate (5)
14. Fight (6)
16. Set on end (2-3)
20. Pose (3)
YEsterday’s solutions
DOUBLE CROSSWORD:
Cryptic: Across: 4 Used-car; 8 Reefer; 9
Prelacy; 10 Irises; 11 Nation; 12 Live-long;
18 Turns out; 20 Picnic; 21 String; 22
Popular; 23 Solace; 24 Useless.Down: 1
Braille; 2 Relieve; 3 Reveal; 5 Stranger; 6
Dilute; 7 Anchor; 13 Outclass; 14 Holiday;
15 Stagger; 16 Visors; 17 Uncurl; 19
Notion.
Quick: Across: 4 Spectre; 8 Arrest;
9 Beneath; 10 Tether; 11 Esteem; 12
Vexation; 18 Vestment; 20 Entire; 21
Banana; 22 Baggage; 23 Rising; 24
Started. Down: 1 Captive; 2 Pretext; 3
Assent; 5 Presents; 6 Create; 7 Rather;
13 Inveigle; 14 Ceramic; 15 Strange; 16
Intact; 17 Linger; 19 Tragic