DOUBLE CROSSWORD
ACROSS CRYPTIC
DOWN
8 Month at work for army
swimmer (7)
9 Tribal leader in tree (5) 10 Run away to marry in
novel opening (5)
11 Sailors love tortuous
excuse (7)
12 Like tough tasks
assigned to Poirot? (9) 14 Club for drivers round
golf range (3)
16 Eggs in line, we
hear (3)
17 Orbit Alec corrected in
vehicle (9)
19 Tory seen by nurse
makes claim (7)
21 Looking pale as
chicken (5)
22 Canine mum shows
blind faith (5)
23 Support for member
funny they say (7) 1 On the trot in stable (8) 2 Thanks to rise, Crusoe moves furthest from the estuary (2,6)
3 Sword insane peer
holds (4)
4 Son in peace mad to
break free (6)
5 Man left with kitchen fitting, one in European capital (8)
6 Star shown up in solo
discography (4)
7 Authentic tango on
French street (4)
13 American icon man
clues badly (5,3)
14 Sane? Totally (3,5)
15 So I shan’t reveal a
surprise (8)
18 Pal had destroyed
shrine icon (6)
19 Fish with a musical
tail (4)
20 Close to endless
darkness (4)
21 Explosive articles
found in magazine (4)
QUICK ACROSS
8 Parent’s mother (7)
9 Snow leopard (5)
10 Claptrap (5)
11 Non-professional (7) 12 Rough and ready (9) 14 Also (3)
16 Colour of
15 strawberries (3)
17 Tally of those
present (4,5)
19 Full of
self-importance (7) 21 Wet (weather) (5)
22 Group of lines in a
song (5)
23 Spruce (up) (7) DOWN
1 Kitchen
sandglass (3-5)
2 Got in a flap (8)
3 Boundary (4)
4 Highly seasoned
Italian sausage (6)
5 Lovingly
sentimental (8)
6 Joint in the leg (4)
7 Look squintingly (4) 13 Educated (8) 14 Overrun by sightseers (8) 15 Situated far from the
centre (8)
18 Offer help (6)
19 Lay concrete slabs (4)
20 Female horse (4)
21 Travel aimlessly (4)
THE XFILES
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2021-09-17T07:00:00.0000000Z
2021-09-17T07:00:00.0000000Z
https://thestar.pressreader.com/article/282501481763715
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