Quick Quick crossword No 15,012

A new setter in our ‘American-style’ series – along with some tips on how to tackle the puzzles

We fail to find the origin of ‘jalopy’, but do find the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues

Here, we usually look at puzzles from the broadsheets. There is of course another world of newspaper crosswords, and the tabloids’ cryptics tend to be looser in their wordplay. Marc Breman has set for papers including the Mirror and the Express

Doughnut – and other words – may go from noun to verb, then back to noun (but with some extra business tacked on the end): our pick of the best cryptic clues