Cryptic Crossword October 2024

Due to popular demand we have decided to revert to our crossword pages in their original format, with a cryptic and a quick crossword.

Across

1 Books company charity (5,7)

8 Angry man with ram (3,2)

9 Standing order (9)

11 Swerve of cricket ball giving stylish wave (7)

12 Instance legislation becomes type of statute (4,3)

13 Maintain that it obscured blemish (5)

14 Unrestrained debauchee (9)

17 Not pain but sorrow (9)

19 Something afoot when Jack’s taken in by drunkard (5)

20 He leaves here with Sidney bringing gold back, parts left over (7)

23 Knight in Muscat going round holy place (7) 

24 One gate removed behind island retreat (9) 

25 Grim film we left (5) 

26 Assembly of service folk? (12)

Down

1 Elizabeth has aid distributed in town near River Jordan (9)

2 Cricketer holding small part is nonconformist (7) 

3 Protestant relating to the Christian Gospel (9) 

4 Work on twitch of the eye (5) 

5 Ron is ie exchanging air purifier (7) 

6 Warble until robin initially enters (5) 

7 Christopher with Tom started building in town near Bournemouth (12) 

10 Novel with moving statement, part of the good book (3,9) 

15 Drinks the man, graduate, had in town in  Israel (9) 

16 I confused Ben, we entered ten as intermediate (2-7) 

18 Housework perhaps that’s shattering dignity (7) 

19 Eastern money and American is brought up to Muslim (7) 

21 Roves round finding powered mechanism (5) 

22 A space started emerging at love feast (5)

Prize Draw

A £20 book token will be awarded to the first correct cryptic crossword solution randomly selected from all correct entries received by the submission deadline. Entries should be addressed to:

Life and Work (Crossword) 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN and should be received by October 10. The solution will be published in the November issue and the prize winner in the December issue.

Winner of August 2024 Cryptic Crossword 

A Mitchell, Glasgow

Solution to September 2024 Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS: 1 Bow Bells, 9 Wanderer, 10 Saul, 11 Major prophet, 13 Perfume, 15 Schemer, 16 Speck, 17 Cynic, 18 Ibsen, 20 Robot, 22 Tapered, 23 Pretzel, 25 Candle-holder, 27 Inst, 28 Meat safe, 29 Satanism.

DOWN: 2 Orangery, 3 Balm of Gilead, 4 Log jams, 5 Swore, 6 Unfrock, 7 Arch, 8 Brethren, 12 Presbyterian, 14 Ephod, 15 Scoop, 17 Catacomb, 19 Exegesis, 20 Rebekah, 21 Trident, 24 Moses, 26 Noah.