5 April 2018
Crossword by Boffles
Plain Vanilla 31
Across
1 Ideally, you want to earn more than the minimum one (4)
3 Mules are said to be so inflexible (8)
9 Soporific song for children (7)
10 What you may well have on a duvet day (3-2)
11 There is no point in talking to his simian assistant (5-7)
14 Latin I gives you self-esteem (3)
16 Deer-like animal has to lose beginning to run away (5)
17 Socialising can be difficult if you are (3)
18 Portable equipment key to modern life (6,6)
21 Troubled Caribbean country (5)
22 Sounds like a conflict between tedious people (4,3)
23 Friendly nature of a ship’s officers? (8)
24 Drinks that are better if real? (4)
Down
1 Game where the opposition is weak or non-existent (4,4)
2 System of penal colonies (5)
4 Plaything (3)
5 Financial statement that keeps a company on an even keel? (7,5)
6 Batting beginners (7)
7 Not comme il faut (3-1)
8 Vinous holy man? (5,7)
12 Not a horse – a river (5)
13 Buildings you do not want to look at (8)
15 Instrumentalist (7)
19 Old style Christmas (5)
20 Old mucker (4)
22 Transport for all (3)
