Solve our cryptic crossword for a chance to win prizes worth £100

Win a £100 prize bundle from All Good Bookshop, Bohem Taproom and Jiddler’s Tipple

Crossword by Amoeba

Across

Kitchen utensil stops party (9)
Small plates of cooked pasta (5)
Before long, run a Tenerife hut badly (2,3,4,6)
In short, Christopher Ecclestone’s back in shape (4)
Set of characters regularly able to wear mountain headgear (8)
Ones that seize muscles (9)
Rushed back to grab princess’s bottom (5)
Greek character amid the waves in shade (5)
Very happy, or put out? (9)
Element of ghastly ringtone (8)
Struggle with belief (4)
Doctor recording chats after scientist’s first thought experiment (12,3)
Gritty fringes of society (5)
One who denies any gear is dodgy (9)

Down

Discoverer of DNA is a pain in the neck (5)
Went around with letters from Trot at Edinburgh (7)
While speaking, burn sage (4)
Some are effortlessly making bank (4)
Language game’s tricky without any sound (10)
Critical instruction for Duck Duck Goose (5-3-2)
Measured purple cot (7)
That woman was the first to keep theirs regularly protected (9)
The main subject? (10)
Joining, protecting one serving (10)
They start fires on stairs, carelessly close to curtains (9)
Briefly making a bid to get involved (5,2)
Nervous tic on display at last (7)
Drink wine and then eat ravioli for starters (5)
Fruit eaten by pug litter (4)
Love god’s tender, being head over heels (4)

The first reader with the correctly completed crossword will win a £30 All Good Bookshop voucher, £50 bar tab at Bohem Taproom (a local brewery specialising in Czech pours), and a £20 mixed pack of beers at Jiddler’s Tipple. When you’ve completed the crossword, simply send your solutions to [email protected].

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