Double Crossword
Cryptic puzzle
Across
1. Docile when cart backed to furniture (9)
8. Manage - in a hurry? (3)
9. Invincible, being real MP... (11)
11. ... since he became an oriental (7)
12. Didn't have a mount in the cowboy show? (5)
13. Not daunted, the girl got married (6)
15. Why the beginner can't get a grip? (6)
17. Letter of credit he takes (5)
18. Furniture in government offices? (7)
20. Ugly and sick but given preferential treatment (3-8)
22. In the straits of something (3)
23. Does padre convert a ruffian? (9)
Down
2. Queer spirit (3)
3. This one multiplied (5)
4. Sort of headlines prohibitionist likes? (6)
5. Ban could rob game (7)
6. Prize loafer? The reverse! (5-6)
7. Bent tin has Trevor up: he looks inwards (9)
10. A little ship adapted for a collector (11)
11. Royal vessel with engagement in view? (9)
14. She lost blood but is given strength (7)
16. Fights for the left-overs (6)
19. Went to pieces, being hard up (5)
21. The aim is to finish here (3)
Quick puzzle
Across
1. Rigidity (9)
8. Unity (3)
9. Curb (11)
11. Obstinate (4-3)
12. Profundity (5)
13. Furrow (6)
15. Save (6)
17. Humorous (5)
18. Difficult (7)
20. Naively (11)
22. Gain (3)
23. Get even (9)
Down
2. Bind (3)
3. Types (5)
4. Stimulate (6)
5. Fraud (7)
6. Noticeable (11)
7. Immortal (9)
10. Environmental (11)
11. Bombastic (9)
14. Sea traveller (7)
16. Is unable (6)
19. Comic (5)
21. Destiny (3)
Monday's solutions
CRYPTIC
Across: 1 Humble; 4 Hamper; 9 Balance sheets; 10 Epigram; 11 Races; 12 Wasps; 14 Odour; 18 Alice; 19 Live Aid; 21 Contemplation; 22 Relate; 23 Daunts.
Down: 1 Hebrew; 2 Multinational; 3 Liner; 5 Adhered; 6 Preoccupation; 7 Resist; 8 Germs; 13 Present; 15 Dancer; 16 Slips; 17 Adonis; 20 Vaasa.
QUICK
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide AdAcross: 1 Blight; 4 Simple; 9 Establishment; 10 Chaotic; 11 Brawn; 12 Ashen; 14 Stain; 18 Right; 19 Despair; 21 Consternation; 22 Sieved; 23 Lean-to.
Down: 1 Bleach; 2 Intransigence; 3 Habit; 5 Inhabit; 6 Prevarication; 7 Extent; 8 Pitch; 13 Entitle; 15 Fracas; 16 Adore; 17 Pronto; 20 Spate.