REGULAR FEATURES
Crosswords - QUICK & CRYPTIC
Across 1 Dishonest scheme (3-2,3)
Down 1 To keep your job you must avoid
5 Lose colour over time (4)
getting this (4)
9 By reason of (5)
2 Ship’s size or carrying capacity (7)
10 Turn with a spinning motion (7)
3 Influence exerted by one’s friends (4,8) 11 2008 film centred on a primary school teacher, written 4 Interruption of power supply (6) and directed by Mike Leigh 6 Early form of sonar used to (5-2-5) detect submarines (5) 13 Oxford college founded in 7 All and sundry (8) 1314 by a Devon bishop (6) 8 List of sources used by a writer 14 Area of open land, like the (12) one in Wimbledon where the 12 Recurrent (8) Wombles live (6) 17 Quirky characteristic (12) 20 Schematic drawing (7) 21 Coolness under strain (5) 22 Grind with the teeth before swallowing (4) 23 Childhood companion (8)
SUPPLIED
16 Beast (6) 18 Profile (5) 19 Without addition or modification (4)
BY CYRUS Down
Across
1 X back with a job for support group (7) 5 Message sent by taxi - The French tag along (5) 8 X - half seen agitated (5) 9 Somehow dread the horse being towed (7) 10 Gesture as the French sing tune (6) 11 One of Santa's team lose the right to dance (6) 12 Some time he will be the murderer (6) 13 Lectures at summit on board ship (6) 16 Bella's incorrect identification (6) 19 Acknowledge account for injured pet (6) 22 Neither for or against a late run abandoned (7) 23 Leaves building site around ten (5) 24 Unhappy Larry was heartless, unfortunately (5) 25 Open sesame, guests first, revised communiqué (7)
SOLUTIONS QUICK SOLUTION 178
CYRUS SOLUTION 178
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15 Sicilian port north-east of Mount Etna (7)
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1 Set in stone for a score (5) 2 The time to have chicken? (7) 3 Perform in the theatre? (7) 4 Makes fun of the children (4) 5 Church music provides rest (5) 6 Good French catch silverback boor (5) 7 Continual movement in Leeds - North and South (7) 12 Yearns, Abel half-hearted at first but feels at home (7) 14 Steals what might be in one's coat (7) 15 Before lunch has a rice pudding continental (7) 17 Tied up in Spring (5) 18 Truck starts loading only yearlings with a posh vehicle in the way (5) 20 Sample a test make-over (5) 21 Choice fruit (4)
