Double crossword
CRYPTIC CLUES:
Across
1. Puts one off,in a
humble way? (6)
4. He stole away
from the shore
(6)
9. They’re likely to
get stuck abroad
(7,6)
10. The height of a
severe storm (7)
11. Got up to
change the reins
(5)
12. What one is not
well out of? (5)
14. Scope,and a
doctor takes it
(5)
18. Crease some
simple attire (5)
19. Is it the smell
that makes
people furious?
(7)
21. Quite a card, but
robbed by a knave (5,2,6)
22. A result of some consequence
(6)
23. Circulates,so to speak (6)
Down
1. Act in a disagreeable manner
(6)
2. Lose control and give advice
to the would-be altruist?
(6,7)
3. Lift up beams,we hear (5)
5. You might find merit in the
meantime (7)
6. Release after a confession
without a charge (9,4)
7. Adjustment in ages perhaps
(6)
8. Groups of soldiers from Tunis
(5)
13. Giant I beat in less than a
moment (7)
15. Pop a question that’s
somewhat obscure (6)
16. A moment of informality (5)
17. Stops some injustice as
essentially unfair (6)
20. Teach the wrong way (5)
QUICK CLUES:
Across
1. Straight (6)
4. Draw out (6)
9. Fresh outbreak (13)
10. Surpass (7)
11. Armada (5)
12. Tether (5)
14. Hackneyed (5)
18. Equipage (5)
19. Broadcast (7)
21. League (13)
22. Delight (6)
23. Fastidious (6)
Down
1. Obscure (6)
2. Refractoriness (13)
3. Cluster (5)
5. Satan (7)
6. Undivided attention (13)
7. Score (6)
8. Insurgent (5)
13. Diffidence (7)
15. Hare-brained (6)
16. Covetousness (5)
17. Basely (6)
20. Stage play (5)
Yesterday’s answers
DOUBLE CROSSWORD:
Cryptic: Across: 1 Green fingers; 7 Set-
up; 8 Order; 9 Ice; 10 Dirt-cheap; 11 Teller;
12 Nurses; 15 Extempore; 17 Let; 18 India;
19 Stave; 21 Trade secrets.Down: 1 Go
up in the air; 2 Not; 3 Impart; 4 Good
cause; 5 Ridge; 6 Propositions; 7 Spell;
10 Dreamland; 13 Solve; 14 Coasts; 16
Tudor; 20 Arc.
Quick: Across: 1 Shooting star; 7 Slang;
8 Prize; 9 Rue; 10 Satellite; 11 Native; 12
Thrown; 15 Interfere; 17 Eat; 18 Chain;
19 Light; 21 Interminable.Down: 1 San
Francisco; 2 Tea; 3 Nights; 4 Sepulchre;
5 Alibi; 6 Here and there; 7 Sweet; 10
Severance; 13 Overt; 14 Bedlam; 16 Train;
20 Gun.