Puzzles April 2024

Across

  • 1 Jack maybe in charge of covering primarily affairs of the heart (7)
  • 5 Uncomfortable hotel in Windy City (5)
  • 8 Regular workwear (7)
  • 9 In turning a bedroom over, let trousers fall to the floor (5)
  • 10 Little brother gets a 5 - well done! (5)
  • 11 It's pulled along behind for a taste of things to come (7)
  • 12 Poles imprisoning bear that's lacking hair (6)
  • 14 Chennai now thronging with artists (6)
  • 17 Underground network of Kent town's outspoken Cockney native (7)
  • 19 Greek character stuck in Oedipal phase (5)
  • 22 Extreme letters initially terrify outwardly eccentric old Mexican (5)
  • 23 An electronic payment returned with note identifying folding business (7)
  • 24 Knocking hoodlum's block off is a mistake (5)
  • 25 Cocaine is extremely cultish? Another falsehood (7)

Down

  • 1 Scrap about game with heartless mob (5)
  • 2 One of the Bronte sisters possibly picked up condiment from 5 (5)
  • 3 Deuterium, amongst others, is one that outlines periodic elements' origins (7)
  • 4 Heavenly bodies turn up with washed-out tails (6)
  • 5 Sodium extracted from US state for major Asian economy (5)
  • 6 Rounded stone set in place by region's top craftsman (7)
  • 7 Dairy products go rusty if tampered with (7)
  • 12 Water sport expert's skin (7)
  • 13 Flyer contains list written up following victory in artificial intelligence (7)
  • 15 Middle Easterner in charge of getting a type of coffee (7)
  • 16 Mixed choir taking drug to become superhuman (6)
  • 18 Statuette found amongst commando's cargo (5)
  • 20 Fruit left for 30 years, symbolically (5)
  • 21 Mr Capone and Mr Turner are similar (5)

Posted in puzzles on Apr 01, 2024