Crosswords

Crosswords - QUICK & CRYPTIC

SUPPLIED BY CYRUS

Across 1 For example, ‘a Toyota’s a Toyota (10) 7 Any phenomenally large number (7) 8 For example, a thumb (5) 10 Cheese from the north of Holland (4) 11 Small preliminary model of a larger intended work (8) 13 Annoyingly playful (6) 15 Horrific smell (6) 17 Cut and run (4,4) 18 Kind of rock (4) 21 Dinar (anag) (5) 22 Alligator pear (7) 23 Make worse (10) Down 1 Bohemian dance in fast time (5) 2 What eggs get? (4) 3 Grannies (informal) (6) 4 Fortifications added to a defensive position (8) 5 Nuclear explosive power unit (7) 6 Tashkent’s country (10) 9 Wed (3,3,4) 12 Abstruse (8) 14 Logical statement that contradicts itself (7) 16 Above ground level (3-3) 19 Habitual practice (5) 20 Couch (4)

Across 7 Excite the French after you check the box (6) 8 Simple after unfair start but not happy (6) 9 Split lease (4) 10 New art circle with London, maybe, a violation (8) 11 Leading politician had reason to change his image (7) 13 Eugene, toward the finish, took the right class (5) 15 Dam'd strange (5) 17 Hairstyle has bully beat (7) 20 Heard useful headgear was standard for golfers (8) 21 Oddly precast - thrown on the fire (4) 23 The schedule is pretty rough, generally speaking (6) 24 Daniel takes the Russian

CYRUS SOLUTION 176

SOLUTIONS

backtemper!! (6) Down 1 Blaze with passion (4) 2 Steaks cooked then put on ice (6) 3 Seminar review buried? (7) 4 Filthy? – It’s only money but could cause a nasty ulcer (5) 5 Recover from secure essentials (6) 6 Store ice before it melts - puzzling (8) 12 Lift to reveal chaos (8) 14 Silly dope on the hill found a weapon (7) 16 Conditions imposed on jockeys? (6) 18 Flowers that some pull up in spring (6) 19 Took part and made a decision (5) 22 Look at this genial eccentric hugging clever-clogs – but why him? (4)

QUICK SOLUTION 176