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Press, 7 April 1978, Page 12

Across I—First job on a racecourse. (8, 4) 7— Having promised, a number failed to settle. (5) 8 — Having a quick and incisive mind. (5)• 9— Sauce for the edge of a plate, perhaps. (3) 10— Not a good state of mind for decorating? (9) 11 — Stop for a break, we hear. (6) 12— Doesn’t differ in meagre essentials. (6) 15— Go in after fish and chips, maybe' (9) 17— One issue or some back numbers. (3) 18— Show' some response concerning part of the play. (5) ' 19— Rum sort of drink. (5) 21—I can’t promise to make curses. (12) Down 1— Still twenty required to get even. (6, 1,5) 2— Pull two out of shape. (3) 3— One who aims to be habit-free? (6) 4— Traveller of little use to his team. (9) 5— An impression of a country. (5) 6— They follow their notes while acting. (5, 7) 7— It creeps through after six. (5) 10—He acts disagreeably and upsets residents. (9) 13 — Undertake literary effort. (5) 14— Still, it acts unusually. (6) 16— Kingdom that's genuine to many. (5) 20— When small I will need it, (3) (Solution tomorrow) Yesterday’s solution Across: 4 Breaker; 8, Olives; 9. Astride; 10, Ration: 11, Desert: 12, Shortage: 18. Intere • 20. Solace' 21, Pull up; 22, Capital; 23, Seance; 24, Watered. Down: 1. Tourist; 2, Fiction; 3, Report: 5, Resident; 6. Across; 7, Endure; 13, Alienate; 14, Decline; 15, Stapler; 16, Sonata; 17, Malice; 19, Etudes. j