CROSSWORD

Combo Cross No. 4080

Straight Clues ACROSS

2 Knightly champions 6 Masculine 7 Loose heavy overcoat 10 Harvested 11 Story 12 One’s just deserts 15 Quarter of an acre 18 Stellar 20 Loud, shrill sound 21 Small recess 22 Troubled oneself

DOWN

1 Beckon 2 Mankind 3 Amplifier 4 Finely powdered earth 5 Christmas 8 Small mountain lake 9 Lay open to view 10 Speedsters 13 Wasteland 14 Be present 16 US state 17 Open container 19 An age

Cryptic Clues ACROSS

2 Knight Errants with a friend on the road back, in point 6 One might say, post to a fellow 7 An odd result for an Irish province 10 Gathered in thereafter, and imitated 11 Give thanks to the overseas piece of gossip 12 To present itself with a pecan omelette as just retribution 15 Measure a crucifix 18 A renowned plane from the last rally 20 Otherwise hikers produce a piercing cry 21 An obscure corner is definitely not correct 22 Worried about being pestered

DOWN

1 Gesticulate with a hand signal 2 Elsewhere the French pope joined homo sapiens 3 A woofer for a noisy president, perhaps 4 Industrial ground soil 5 Inferno elements display Yuletide 8 Rant about a circular mountain pool 9 Make known concerning flesh of the calf 10 Carers turn to those who speed 13 Secure the ship to a tract of ground covered with heather 14 Go regularly in to treat tenderly 16 A river in the US, where Columbus lies 17 It’s used for serving food to an attractive girl 19 An indefinitely long period of time outside Adelaide by late afternoon