DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
Across
1 Could be bad if one is
genuine ( 4,4)
6 Go against a rabbit ( 4)
8 Most recent to put the
French on trial ( 6)
9 Build up a set of
workers, say ( 6)
10 Sales rep sadly falls back into a bad habit ( 8) 13 Fine application of safety
device ( 4)
14 Unfamiliar characters from
street football team ( 9)
17 Watch pithead ooze ( 4)
18 Wicked person, cruelly reviled, admitting nothing ( 4- 4)
19 Irish police pull back
road ( 6)
21 Good to walk and flutter ( 6)
23 What a
TV quizmaster does - takes head off barrels ( 4)
24 Herb brings in cooked suet – the tiniest bit ( 8)
Down
2 Spoke formally about rota arranged by newspaper chief ( 6)
3 One in a spacesuit ( 3)
4 From another part of the country, not right to have no will ( 9)
5 Film alien has a letter
from Greece ( 3)
6 Failed when defensive player sacked ( 9)
7 Pleasure trip for rowing teams, we hear ( 6)
11 Insect poised to travel Down Under? ( 9)
12 Inn’s going wrong by joining the club ( 7,2)
15 Passes on information about team races ( 6)
16 Locked room with very large instruments ( 6)
20 Endlessly miss out
theory ( 3)
22 Encountered in some
trouble ( 3)
QUICK CLUES
Across
1 Political killer ( 8)
6 Wild uncontrollable anger ( 4)
8 Broadcasting room ( 6)
9 Dessert made with sponge
and custard ( 6)
10 Likely, expected to happen ( 8)
13 Train away from mother’s
milk ( 4)
14 Outrage ( 9)
17 A Room with a ___,
EM Forster novel ( 4)
18 Comical ( 8)
19 Generation difference ( 3,3)
21 Layered ( 6)
23 Song sung in church ( 4)
24 Drink taken as a stimulant or hangover cure ( 4- 2- 2)
Down
2 Solar system feature with rings ( 6)
3 Give support to ( 3)
4 Boot buffer ( 4,5)
5 Fishing device ( 3)
6 Run- off collected in a tank ( 9)
7 Karen ___, Scottish actress ( 6)
11 Trend enjoying current
success ( 9)
12 Puzzling ( 9)
15 Small inflatable boat ( 6)
16 Writing- desk combined with a chest
of drawers ( 6)
20 Young animal ( 3)
22 Dutch ___ disease, tree
disorder ( 3)