Cape Times

DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC

ACROSS

1 Little enthusiasm for course in May, not initially (6)

4 Object for deletion,

a sharp one we hear (6)

9 Couple finally paid tutor

regularly (3)

10 Nurse has a try

at butter? (5-4)

11 Allude to the umpire with

some hesitation (5)

12 Angered, possibly yes! (7)

14 Weapon and he mixed

with danger (4,7)

17 Pig of a driver! (4,3)

18 Doctor goes round small

room with slimy stuff (5)

20 Great need, sadly,

brought about (9)

22 Segment of circular

coin? (3)

23 Some slate the reporter’s

restraint (6)

24 Confident in ancient city

of finding moneylende­r (6)

QUICK ACROSS

1 Diversion (6)

4 Power tool for cutting

shapes and curves (6)

9 Black gold (3)

10 At the end of your

tether (9)

11 Hermit (5)

12 Informatio­n sheet (7)

14 Kill (an important person)

for political reasons (11)

17 Make wider (7)

18 Take possession of (5)

20 New wave or metal,

for example (4,5)

22 Non-amateur (3)

23 Protective head covering

worn by motorcycli­sts (6)

24 Timber fungus (3,3)

DOWN

1 Dreads awful snakes (6)

2 A stupid person returning

is unapproach­able (5)

3 Fraction of old district

article unfinished (9)

5 Flatfish seen in outer

Aylesbury (3)

6 Leader of Slade

recorded hit (7)

7 Artist Edward

assessed (5)

8 Tore granite off grill (11)

13 Ned agrees, unhappily,

they’re deserters (9)

15 Sat around collecting profit, which is touching (7)

16 What separates room

and river (6)

17 Not left. Correct! (5)

19 TV studio sign found in Barcelona ironmonger’s! (2,3)

21 French way to regret? (3)

DOWN

1 Yankee ___, chap who ‘stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni’ (6)

2 Claw of a bird (5)

3 Surreptiti­ous (9)

5 Winter driving hazard (3)

6 Poppy colour (7)

7 Flour grain (5)

8 Impractica­lity (11)

13 Programme introducer (9)

15 Imperturba­ble (7)

16 Move from a settled

or familiar place (6)

17 Boat’s mooring place (5)

19 Top part of a shoe (5)

21 Distinctio­n awarded by

the King (inits) (3)