CHALLENGE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Boar’s feet cooked as

traditional English fare (5,4) 8 Freezing – a coat is

being provided (5)

9 I entered dream home – in

Spain suitably enough (7) 10 Weapon from the latter

part of the Iron Age (6)

11 A step a student

may take (6)

12 Thought one needs a

spare sovereign (8)

15 Far be it for Stan to get

into a gambling game (8) 18 Word in current usage (6) 20 Rodney might be

over there (6)

21 Transport essential

to divers (7)

22 Nitre treated like

nitrogen (5)

23 Tradesman bursts

into tears (9)

DOWN

2 Give people your

address? (5)

3 Star that is involved

in burlesque (6)

4 Loaded rifle report? (8)

5 Scandinavian gets

an extra fish (6)

6 He’s bound to seek a

religious goal (7)

7 All the broken stone that

goes into concrete (9)

11 Lady dines out showing

gluttony perhaps? (6,3)

13 The Utopian has his own

collection of notions (8)

14 Apart and sure to

be different (7)

16 They don’t play

principal parts (6)

17 Olympian master of arts (6) 19 Mountains where

shooting occurs (5)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Precipitately (9)

8 Usual practice (5)

9 Oscillate (7)

10 Markedly good-humoured (6) 11 Amphibious broad

tailed rodent (6)

12 Light and airy (8)

15 Racketeer (8)

18 Indicate (6)

20 Aviators (6)

21 Spoilsport (7)

22 Courage (5)

23 Of superior quality (4-5)

DOWN

2 A select group (5)

3 Originate (6)

4 Advantage (8)

5 Sovereign power (6)

6 Legally bound (7)

7 Picture of inanimate objects (5,4) 11 History of person’s life (9)

13 Enclosed in this (8)

14 Being tested (2,5)

16 Detective (6)

17 Chief supporter (6)

19 Mass of spectators (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.