Crosswords Set by: Mercury Mon 16 Oct 2000 19.00 EDT Cryptic crossword No 22,031 Print | Accessible version Set by: Mercury Mon 16 Oct 2000 19.00 EDT Download the Guardian app for a better puzzles experience Download the Guardian app for a better puzzles experience Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Across 8 Little Maureen met nun refurbishing shrine (8) 9 Getting mug with nothing in against a voucher (6) 10 Youth leader in a squalid neighbourhood seeking shelter (6) 11 Mould seen outside at a religious building (8) 12 Unidentified girl admits nothing ... (4) 13 ... about going into back of athlete''s Herald (10) 15 Name people not coming back around one (7) 16 Needing soft water on board for minor injuries? (7) 18 Poles decline to meet employees (10) 19 Spacious and on first class lines (4) 20 Posts as it's not folded (8) 22 Story about an island race that's mere gossip (6) 23 Girl's simple article overlooked heterodoxy (6) 24 Doctor acknowledging cause of death? (8) Down 1 No potent replies to malicious message in writing (6-3,6) 2 Co-operating as a tug-of-war team (7,8) 3 Getting through to farms about ground that's always frozen (10) 4 Height of land round ancient city (7) 5 Dregs of society writing back about copper (4) 6 Slyly taking advantage of towing a racing car? (7,1,4,3) 7 And not the navy, having one about to disembark here (8,7) 14 Put elsewhere, wild ponies riot (10) 17 Sporting violation not acceptable to team (7) 21 Only student less than 10 stone! (4)