Metro Cryptic Crossword Clues Monday, 23 September 2024

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Across

Number Clues Answers
1 Cannot be reduced to insincere talk (4) CANT
3 Pool’s fun when played in small measure (8) SPOONFUL
8 Eager for the return of the prima donna (4) DIVA
9 Ban Clare’s outing to find a crustacean (8) BARNACLE
11 Winner took the road back over a lump of fruit (8,4) VICTORIAPLUM
13 New desire to live (6) RESIDE
14 Fastener for broken plates (6) STAPLE
17 Must I use loan up at the same time? (12) SIMULTANEOUS
20 Girl and a monarch go paddling (8) KAYAKING
21 Insect with the right drink (4) BEER
22 Lots of stars follow the dairy’s method (5,3) MILKYWAY
23 Second-hand dealer sued (4) USED

Down

Number Clues Answers
1 Bounder claims to have corpses (8) CADAVERS
2 Beginners without bad habits? (7) NOVICES
4 Mountain-climbing police are calm (6) PLACID
5 Top men into position, being all-powerful (10) OMNIPOTENT
6 If returning to church wear a high-class shawl (5) FICHU
7 Was untruthful about song (4) LIED
10 What the drug addict has on Boxing Day? (4,6) COLDTURKEY
12 Church certain to be in extreme need, having been criticised (8) CENSURED
15 Character on the bow shows great skill (7) PROWESS
16 Man returns the book of verse (6) STANZA
18 Really difficult characters returned to paradise (5) IDYLL
19 Glance taken from the surface (4) SKIM