![]() ![]() Authors, David Astle, David Plomley, Sydney Morning Herald. Cryptic crosswords offer a mindful time out for reflection Enter the cryptic crossword, promoting a sense of stillness and mindfulness through the required focus and concentration. Down 1 Lives uneventfully in pockets (5) 2 Convents' women in orders about northern lake (9) 3 Complies with boy's poor presentation in English (5) 4 A quiet worker, one in part of Ghana (7) 5 Take over in east with a rope? (7) 6 Scold cross colonial type with a joint to peace-out? (9) 7 Some parcel looped with string? (5) 8 Let the thing a long time with German backing? Exactly! (9) 13 Let go some planes left out of confrontation with guns (9) 14 Some method to accommodate aged, without much care (3,3,3) 15 Way opposed to rise of sloth (3) 17 Throw mare out - the poor creature (9) 19 Secrete at one time in California (7) 20 Webster contrived to scatter over (7) 22 The French Scotsman in faulty car (5) 23 Not all men against old writer's last words (5) 24 Equip with ecstasy. 12 Separate if in the way (4) 14 Mantra, it seemed, concealed some quirks (6) 16 Poor Paul's stuck in a pigeonhole or rut (8) 18 Intoxicating prison gang (8) 19 Flow of runs stemmed by southern. Title, The Sydney Morning Herald Cryptic Crosswords: 75 Puzzles to Twist Your Mind. Down 1 Had self-service lit up (7) 2 Gun that Ruby turned on lookalike (9) 3 Evacuated estate in Mormon city (5) 4 Goes without saying that no cabs transported yours truly (8) 5 Sweet nob on the inside of sweets (6) 6 Manipulator of bones of the big toe fractured on track (9) 7 Lying out with fleas (5) 8 Size up vocal protege as a little headstrong (7) 14 Stud began experimenting with German diet (9) 16 Toll chino extracted from intimate apparel (9) 17 Depressed wife couldn't stomach. ![]()
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