25 October 2018
Crossword by Boffles
N0.175
Across
1 Marilyn Monroe was this kind of goddess (6)
5 Dramatist produced when artist drops article (6)
8 Continent of many peoples and people (4)
9 Limbless literature lover (8)
10 Embarrassment of maidens (and others) (7)
11 Make fun of Assam and Ceylon? (5)
13 Used by the Greeks to vault into Troy (6,5)
16 Arguments over footwear? (5)
18 Avoid duty (7)
21 They don’t stay the course (8)
22 Informal negative used when gym is off (4)
23 Sounds like the pure are pursued (6)
24 You won’t get them from drinking milk ones (6)
Down
2 Important court decisions kept in a box? (4,3)
3 Designed to test you (5)
4 Entitled but not necessarily high-minded (8)
5 School dance held at the Albert Hall? (4)
6 Resolution time (3,4)
7 Belted 4dn produced by unquiet jewels (5)
12 What Frenchmen lose at the races? (8)
14 Eight-limbed cephalopod (7)
15 When the Moon blocks the Sun (7)
17 Fish favoured by birds (5)
19 West Indian weed (5)
20 Top-ranking aristo (4)