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Cryptic
ACROSS DOWN
7. Book a strong
man (5)
8. One way to
succeed (7)
9. A way of putting
things, just in
case (7)
10. Quarrelsome
oarsman? (5)
12. Such a fight will be
close (4-2-4)
15. Having the support
of the board
though too old to
work (2,3,5)
18. A temple
ornament? (5)
19. One who’s made a
pretence a reality,
apparently! (7)
21. She has to call back
- at the paint shop
presumably (7)
22. Material found
in many London
shops (5)
1. Openly enjoying
a stay in the
country? (7,3)
2. Not busy with
coal (5)
3. Wine that sparkles
as it rises (4)
4. Given hot tips at the
barber’s? (6)
5. Partly burn a fuel
that draws well (8)
6. It gives lift for a
flier over an
obstacle (4-3)
11. A fishy diversion
(3,7)
13. Agreeable variety of
bean meal (8)
14. Cooked me
instead! (7)
16. Hunch about a
piece of venison (6)
17. It helps to provide
a cheap pleasant
snack (5)
20. Vessels of the Royal
Navy in America (4)
Quick
ACROSS DOWN
7. Regional (5)
8. Junior (7)
9. Wealthy (7)
10. Entrances (5)
12. Gambler (10)
15. Inverted (6-4)
18. Attire (5)
19. Portion (7)
21. Secret (7)
22. Angry (5)
1. Tracking dog (10)
2. Happen (5)
3. Otherwise (4)
4. Occult (6)
5. One-storey
house (8)
6. Stir (7)
11. Make firmer (10)
13. Statue base (8)
14. Austere (7)
16. Disperse (6)
17. Lawful (5)
20. Stern (4)
Thursday's Solutions
CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Assignees; 8 Use; 9 Fingerprint;
11 Organic; 12 Exact; 13 Estate; 15 Editor; 17 Spurn;
18 Insipid; 20 Sounding out; 22 Hoe; 23 Endowment.
Down: 2 Ski; 3 Green; 4 Expect; 5 Stipend; 6 Puts a stop
to; 7 Dead tired; 10 Night nurses; 11 Oversight; 14 Tonsure;
16 Minded; 19 Sinew; 21 Urn.
QUICK - Across: 1 Unscathed; 8 Eye; 9 Encouraging;
11 Collect; 12 Drain; 13 Equity; 15 Regale; 17 Grasp;
18 Egotist; 20 Inconstancy; 22 Ado; 23 Lingering.
Down: 2 Nun; 3 Acute; 4 Hearty; 5 Dwindle; 6 Degradation;
7 Dependent;10 Calculation; 11 Clergyman; 14 Typical;
16 Pennon; 19 Outre; 21 Can.
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BEN ELTON
Get a Grip
Plymouth Pavilions
Thursday only
REVIEW
GLENN BRYANT
Shinestillon
themaster
ofstand-upBEN ELTON was simply
sensational at the Pavil-
ions last night.
It’s been more than eight years
since we’ve seen his huge talent
return to its stand-up roots. It was
like he’d never been away.
Elton launched into a post-9/11,
post-middle-age spread tirade and
few were meant to feel safe. Least
of all Elton.
He is now 46, but was prancing
around the Pavilions last night
like the whirlwind he was in his
prime-time pomp.
We lurched from American Fun-
damental Christianity, to
Roswell, the death of Di and Ikea.
It was frantic, fantastic stuff.
Less politics; more social mar-
ried with moral observation.
There was even the shiny suit.
Not quite as shiny as Saturday
Night Live – or The Man From
Auntie even – but shiny all the
same. And it still fitted like a
glove.
Elton is at the top of his comic
game and his thirst for making fun
of everyone from world leaders, to
Trinny and Susannah and, above
all, ourselves, hasn’t been
quenched.
Elton kicked off in a more sober
dark suit with classic New Labour
red tie. Maybe it was an in-joke.
But even Elton admitted he
hadn’t bothered resigning from
the Labour Party. He’s too busy
taking the kids to school, casti-
gating the latest hapless flock of
X-Factor hopefuls or mourning the
death of Di. Or asking why?
Because, beneath the shiny suit,
industrial rhetoric and outra-
geous antics, Elton has a point –
several serious if subtle points –
that we might otherwise have
missed like the latest reality TV.
He transcends age groups and
tells the shameless generation
why they should feel ashamed.
That’s Elton’s new polemic –
and it’s as reassuring and refresh-
ing as it ever was.
He even had one last dig at
Thatcher. At least he was on safe
ground there.
Picture Trevor Gliddon EAA22589_TWG_009
BEN ELTON: Middle-aged, but not middle ground