Crosswords Set by: Guy Sun 30 Dec 2001 19.00 EST Quiptic crossword No 111 Print | Accessible version Set by: Guy Sun 30 Dec 2001 19.00 EST 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 25 26 Across 7 Novice wanted to pray inside (8) 9 Intend, that is, to find a miser (6) 10 Sea bird driving back other sea birds (4) 11 Real idiots re-writing newspaper articles (10) 12 Stake placed outside sick quarters (6) 14 Hobby to arouse curiosity (8) 15 Sex information the German is after (6) 17 Writer Elizabeth leaves man to squirm (6) 20 Capital on notice deposited in central Greece (8) 22 Study inside of craft, being intensely enthusiastic (6) 23 Sore head? You need sympathy! (10) 24 A snack is a bit of a habit, easily broken (4) 25 Bad temper shown when interviewed about page 50 (6) 26 Nixon to mix carbon, which is not poisonous (3-5) Down 1 To be entertaining when topless is bewildering! (8) 2 Fail to see motorway two seconds after (4) 3 Design it to go round pole in front of hospital department (6) 4 One politician to ring rest about cheat (8) 5 Accountant lied about brat having graduated (10) 6 Starts running, if man finds firearms! (6) 8 Endlessly collecting dried fruit (6) 13 Entertaining women alight to go to the toilet (10) 16 Record-making company allowance to one settling abroad (8) 18 Famous mathematician has seen it moving at home (8) 19 River always seen between two points (6) 21 I'd peep round for some port! (6) 22 Express agreement since forwarded (6) 24 Bowled short, a disappointment (4)