DOUBLE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS
1 E.g., for example! (12) 7 Nothing hard about a pile (5) 8 A cleansing operation partly under water (5) 9 Be sorry for a piece of cruelty (3) 10 His attitude is deliberately offensive (9) 11 Well, you haven’t lost yours! (6) 12 Medicine that may end an extreme tic! (6) 15 Doubtless, one wouldn’t be (9) 17 This craft is often taken up (3) 18 Orange layer on article returned (5) 19 Hides requests in writing (5) 21 A moneylender may — but it won’t appear in his books! (4,8)
DOWN
1 It occurs to one later that this is the time to act (12) 2 Time for some of the race (3) 3 Blue dye I’d go in for (6) 4 Commercial people who could be smartened (9) 5 A jewellery shop also holds them (5) 6 A current fault is there’s little work for the judge (5,7) 7 He has a beastly laugh (5) 10 Appearing every second (9) 13 Drops in rents? (5) 14 He’s not an expert, professionally speaking (6) 16 Study on leave in Africa (5) 20 Observe the bishop’s concern (3) Yesterday’s solutions: Across: 4 Gravity. 8 Images. 9 Strokes. 10 Relish. 11 Leaden. 12 Boatrace. 18 Listener. 20 Becalm. 21 Infirm. 22 Willing. 23 Resent. 24 Tempest. Down:1 Disrobe. 2 Railway. 3 Teaser. 5 Ruthless. 6 Violas. 7 Thebes. 13 Ailments. 14 Engines. 15 Promote. 16 Revile. 17 Wallop. 19 Tender.
QUICK CLUES ACROSS
1 Goes different ways (5,7) 7 Gloss (5) 8 Knave (5) 9 Poem (3) 10 Worshipped (9) 11 Tell (6) 12 Lie next to (6) 15 Adopt as a member (9) 17 Make mistakes(3) 18 Colloquial language (5) 19 Larceny (5) 21 Escritoires (7,5)
DOWN
1 Spanish painter (5,7) 2 Prosecute (3) 3 Possessing (6) 4 Game bird (9) 5 Darkness (5) 6 Starring parts (7,5) 7 Ledge (5) 10 Signal flare (4,5) 13 Open to view (5) 14 Hurry (6) 16 Intuitive discernment (5) 20 Finish (3) Yesterday’s solutions: Across: 4 Halfway. 8 Brutal. 9 Affront. 10 Object. 11 Uproar. 12 Vicarage. 18 Interval. 20 Debase. 21 Doodle. 22 Several. 23 Pistol. 24 Feather. Down: 1 Absolve. 2 Subject. 3 Saucer. 5 Affluent. 6 Furore. 7 Annual. 13 Alienate. 14 Avidity. 15 Elderly. 16 Severe. 17 Patent. 19 Exotic.