14 July 2022

Crossword by Boffles

No.333

Across

    7  New name for home of fishy duck (6)

    8  Garment for a horsy girl? (6)

    9  Fool is just a lump (4)

  10  Draughty political retreat? (8)

  11  Subject of an official act (7)

  13  Garment costly to lose (5)

  15  Trendy sausage not German but has its consent finally (5)

  17  Social networker currently all of one (7)

  20  Deal opening or imbalance (5,3)

  21  Lot of marine safety gear (4)

  23  What a King and Gerontius had (1,5)

  24  Sign you can’t get out (2,4)

Down

    1  Rubbish market optimist (4)

    2  Judicial aside has internal cogency (6)

    3  Sodom, for example (3,4)

    4  I join kitchen worker to create leader (5)

    5  Constellation farmers find useful? (6)

    6  Williams or a conference? Take your pick! (4,4)

  12  Golden kingdom many hoped to discover (2,6)

  14  Pinching cards normal nowadays (7)

  16  Evaluates book (6)

  18  Sharper tasting first course lacks direction (6)

  19  You need to play your’s against a tough opponent (1-4)

  22  ‘None but the brave deserve the ……’  Dryden (4)