Simply Daily Puzzles

Coffee Break Cryptic


9 January



Across

1Song or article by those people (6)
4King George imitates fruit (6)
8Principal eastern state of the USA (5)
9Central region of Italy or northern county of England (7)
10Man I see ordering a flower (7)
11Homes in north-east street seen on Sunday (5)
12Bird and man going different ways (9)
17Snake one caught with jelly (5)
19Requiring massage, we hear (7)
21Editing letters set on fire (7)
22Old coin Rex found in butter! (5)
23Nymphs making uninteresting commercials (6)
24A Japanese entertainer conceals his age! (6)

Down

1Nut for poor old man (6)
2Mid-term may be made tidy (7)
3Vessels taking sheep over river (5)
5Cameron's new love affair (7)
6Some bits of a twisted strap (5)
7Thin boxes, empty initially (6)
9Vexed in church before reading letters (9)
13Virginia acted strangely and quit (7)
14Their work would suit many people (7)
15Differing form of a diver (6)
16Christie-an name? (6)
18Writer going to New York for not much money (5)
20Wild glee when trapping a bird of prey (5)