The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 2,284 - Apr 3 2005

Tired of your current crossword puzzle? Try solving our daily crossword puzzles. GO TO DAILY PUZZLES!
Clues Answers
'We hear, Russell's Swiss,' he interposed SWISHES
A container ship is carrying the remains STUBS
Black out the girl had BETH
Doesn't have enough, though the trip's only a few miles RUNSSHORT
Find - when you travel north? COMEUPON
Fine piece of jewellery getting a spell out of the safe? AIRING
Hat suitable for a garden party? CLOCHE
I was crazy about the very Continental girl in the restaurant WAITRESS
It's easy to see why the clothes dried so quickly BREEZE
Leaves half the side bits DEPARTS
Left a ring, gets done out of ABANDONED
Lively man I went out with - a new date ANIMATED
Long to play the hit number in it ITCH
Maintains one is just as fast as the others KEEPSUP
Clues Answers
Manage to make progress GETON
Money of which finders are keepers SEARCHFEE
Not wanting to let a cult move in to occupy RELUCTANT
Sharp, hurt SMART
She goes backwards and forwards ANNA
Sign of victory on hand PALM
Supports a move to have the incentive raised STIRRUPS
That chic but silly small talk CHITCHAT
The others are in the foreground with the author FORESTER
Think the herb in it is mint: a new variety RUMINATE
Try very hard at the point to point STRAIN
What did the prisoner seeking amnesty said PARDONME
Where spectators sit for half the winter event? TERRACE
Working with a group from the beginning ONSET