29 September 2022

Crossword by Boffles

No.340

Across

    1 No explosion for Russian region (6)

    4 Best shot caught on film (3,3)

    9 Constellation found when stinger loses tail (7)

  10 Heard recently in US court (5)

  11 Electric sort of car?  No but a classic (1,4)

  12 Absorbent papers time supplies (7)

  13 Way to learn quickly how to attend parties uninvited? (5,6)

  18 Posh boozer (7)

  20 Mistake when the boss has no right (5)

  22 Active people like to be up and this (5)

  23 Wrong way to avoid a tax liability (7)

  24 Deceived and sort of smiled (6)

  25 Music with its roots in Kingston (6)

Down

    1 Competed in knightly contest without judge and thrown out (6)

    2 Do pilots go so crazy after performing circles in the air? (5)

    3 Kind of homo (7)

    5 Gems without friends? (5)

    6 Depression suffered by Elvis when drafted? (1,1,5)

    7 What to say if haste is not required (2,4)

    8 Where to find Rupert and Rudyard commemorated among others (5,6)

  14 Poor sportsmen found down holes (7)

  15 Improvement fliers are keen on (7)

  16   Never did Nature say one thing and ,,,,,,, another’ Burke (6)

  17 Indicate that is somebody unkind (6)

  19 Irritate the French for something to blow (5)

  21 Affair some Scots go in for (5)