Double crossword
CRYPTIC CLUES:
Across
1. One you count
on to keep your
money? (6)
4. The safest
arrangement for
banquets (6)
9. It’s light, yet able
to withstand
severe blows
(9,4)
10. He’s unlikely to
give credit (7)
11. Work and play
may be the same
to him (5)
12. Copy wrongly (5)
14. Opening Swiss
writing fluid (5)
18. Offspring
produced
periodically (5)
19. Sign that has a
sting in its tail
(7)
21. Wearing a gun? (7,2,4)
22. A boy interrupts my
complaint (6)
23. Eccentric space-traveller (6)
Down
1. Bet he’s in command (6)
2. Do they ensure a man of
iron is not easily frightened?
(6,2,5)
3. A somewhat predictable
order (5)
5. It clears one’s view - to
bunkum? (7)
6. It’s fixed, of course,once
they’re off (8,5)
7. These are extras in some
production (6)
8. A striking similarity (5)
13. He was invited, we hear ,and
gave an estimate (7)
15. A topping decoration (6)
16. Apart from ideas (5)
17. It’s not so hot in this jug (6)
20. One ounce at first is bracing
(5)
QUICK CLUES:
Across
1. Calls (6)
4. Ridiculous (6)
9. Type of dog (6,7)
10. Lubricated (7)
11. Frolic (5)
12. Lid (5)
14. Intended (5)
18. Cold dish (5)
19. Letter (7)
21. Between countries (13)
22. Merited (6)
23. Tentative proposal (6)
Down
1. Face (6)
2. At some time (6,2,5)
3. Flat folds (5)
5. Curtain of artillery fire (7)
6. Accidental (13)
7. Straight (6)
8. Work-room (5)
13. Give sanction to (7)
15. Aim at high things (6)
16. Daub (5)
17. Bank official (6)
20. Malice (5)
DOUBLE CROSSWORD:
Cryptic: Across: 1 One track mind; 7
Crone; 8 Soggy; 9 Alb; 10 Goes after; 11
Set off; 12 Lasses; 15 Reputable; 17 Era;
18 Knock; 19 Aegis; 21 Countenances.
Down: 1 One day strike; 2 Rio; 3 Clever;
4 Mismanage; 5 Night; 6 Hydrostatics; 7
Cubit; 10 Gift-token; 13 Stems; 14 Ablaze;
16 Photo; 20 Goa.
Quick: Across: 1 Straightaway; 7 Minor;
8 Value; 9 All; 10 Miserable; 11 Banish;
12 Vacant; 15 Laudatory; 17 Old; 18
Speed; 19 Basin; 21 Adventitious.Down:
1 Somnambulist; 2 Inn; 3 Harass; 4
Adversary; 5 Ad-lib; 6 Dejectedness;
7 Melon; 10 Mishandle; 13 Adorn; 14
Combat; 16 Up-end; 20 Set.