CHALLENGE CROSSWORD
CRYPTIC CLUES
ACROSS
1 Goes for spin and breaks left wrist (6) 4 Master tricky current (6) 9 It isn’t much to ask for (7) 10 Prize for a hospital room (5) 11 Veto on discredited
U.S. leader (5)
12 Lear production set out for part in Hamlet (7)
13 It’s cold fare for a revolutionary leader (5,6) 18 So a ring can give a foreign woman married status (7) 20 Excellent if not fast way to surpass others (5)
22 Be of service when a few grow sick (5)
23 Girl I sign on as an astronomer (7) 24 Is responsible for a put-up job (6)
25 A novice receives directions in Ireland (6)
DOWN
1 Putting a watch on (6)
2 Finger the back of a book (5) 3 Freedom required by drivers (7)
5 Detect a mere whiff (5) 6 He demands payment absolutely right with gold (7) 7 Mussorgsky has a name for being diffident (6) 8 Infant being looked after for no great cost (5,6) 14 He doesn’t appreciate where the coal goes (7) 15 He’s about to call up a poet (7)
16 Get out a piece of fire-fighting equipment (6) 17 Capone is at bay in a corner (6)
19 Cry of pain permitted in a young bird (5) 21 Instrument used in Purcell opera (5)
QUICK CLUES
ACROSS
1 Settle (6)
4 Continue without interruption (4,2) 9 Composer of TheFourSeasons (7) 10 Solo (5)
11 Sortie (5)
12 Ignore person completely (3,4) 13 Inadequate consolation (4,7) 18 A deadly poison (7) 20 Excessive (5)
22 Valveless trumpetlike instrument (5)
23 Small citrus fruit (7) 24 Somewhat (6)
25 Go beyond (6)
DOWN
1 To rid (6)
2 Make petty objections (5) 3 Held up (7)
5 Insist on (5)
6 Trail-blazer (7)
7 Sham (6)
8 A cinch (5,2,4)
14 As soon as seen (2,5)
15 Perplex (7)
16 Talk incoherently (6)
17 Angry (6)
19 A sister’s daughter (5)
21 Extinguish (5)
Solutions to today's Sudoku and Kenken can be found in the Life & Arts content area of the A section. Crossword solutions will be with tomorrow's puzzles.
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