Double Crossword
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Make fun of French having to go on horseback (6)
4 Ray includes right
chant (6)
8 Back through corrosive
part of helmet (5)
9 Drink to French
dynasty (7)
10 Peculiar dialect in
place of refuge (7)
11 American hat race (5) 12 Subcontract abroad
before spring (9)
17 Awfully pure English
coin (5)
19 Enthusiast has a look
for bison (7)
21 Confuse female oaf (7) 22 TV studio sign found in Barcelona ironmonger’s! (2,3)
23 Small measure given to gaffer for carving, that’s a relief (6)
24 Building extension where woman embraces former partner (6)
YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC SOLUTION:
ACROSS: 1 Falsetto, 6 Boll, 8 Saluki, 9 Fading, 10 Mistakes, 13 Fail, 14 Nefarious, 17 Chic, 18 Kill time, 19 Relate, 21 Entail, 23 Chit, 24 Rashness. DOWN: 2 Arabic, 3 Sou, 4 Think tank, 5 Oaf, 6 By default, 7 Lentil, 11 Trenchant, 12 Stillness, 15 Thresh, 16 Emails, 20 Ear, 22 Tan.
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Bolt, abscond (6)
4 Plant that yields
an aromatic oil (6)
8 ___ pole, tribal symbol (5) 9 All the people of
the world (7)
10 Principled (7)
11 Bundle of corn (5)
12 Rich, sweet baked item containing equal measure of all ingredients (5,4)
17 Edible entrails (5)
19 Congenial (7)
21 Yachting event (7)
22 Consignment of goods
on a ship (5)
23 Sound pattern (6)
24 On the beach (6)
DOWN
1 Instrument of French
immorality (6)
2 Italian dish to stir round
and round (7)
3 Daughters outside are
challenged! (5)
5 Apart, as beneath (7)
6 Prove wrong backing
this root (5)
7 Losing top of loudspeakers is irritating (6)
9 Where to vote for dance and Botox treatment! (6,3)
13 Vacuum flask,
nethermost part (7)
14 Flow out from mean
tea, stirred (7)
15 Pudding is something
unimportant (6)
16 Rough route,
reportedly (6)
18 Find depth of fruit, we
hear (5)
20 Individual following
fluid taken by air (5)
DOWN
1 Scattered (around) (6) 2 Find out about something after it happened (5,2)
3 Impersonate (5)
5 Inability to
remember (7)
6 Derogatory in
a supercilious way (5) 7 Adapt (6)
9 Emotionally fraught
play or movie (9)
13 Release
(a door fastener) (7) 14 Stoppage of trade (7) 15 Fright (6)
16 Take back, cancel (6) 18 Misty (5)
20 Watch dials (5)
YESTERDAY’S QUICK SOLUTION:
ACROSS: 1 Assassin, 6 Save, 8 Kick up, 9 Phrase, 10 Befriend, 13 Knob, 14 Accession, 17 Coin, 18 Yachting, 19 Romesh, 21 Velvet, 23 Afar, 24 Perverse. DOWN: 2 Spider, 3 Auk, 4 Supremely, 5 Nap, 6 Strikeout, 7 Vision, 11 Raconteur,
12 Dust cover, 15 Log off, 16 Unless, 20 Hip, 22 Lie.