CROSSWORD

Straight Clues ACROSS

2 Buccaneer 5 Awaken from sleep 7 Waterways 8 Talk 11 By way of 12 Thrashes 14 Conversation 16 Portable shelters 17 Unhealthy 18 Rob 20 Receive 21 On a ship 22 Particular compound

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1 Ill-mannered 2 Kiss 3 Fastest shearer in the shed 4 Gossiper 6 Households 9 Discomfort 10 Curves 12 Break 13 Where India lies 15 Brook 18 Heavenly body 19 British boys’ school

Cryptic Clues ACROSS

2 One who steals the literary works of a corsair 5 Elicit response from a carousel 7 A billycan also produces watercourses 8 Communicate in words, say 11 By means of a little deviance 12 Overcomes postmens’ rounds 14 Lecture on Diana’s procedure 16 A number of half wit’s temporary dwellings 17 Sick of feeling crook 18 Purloin some of the waste alcohol 20 Admit and agree to take with approval 21 A committee is on the train 22 Is Rome hiding a particular compound?

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1 Intrudes when offensive 2 Nibble at a dry measure 3 A bell buyer in Germany 4 One who tittle-tattles to a liar 6 Haunts houses 9 Grandpa invented agony 10 Circle parts of reassembled cars 12 Go bankrupt head and

shoulders 13 Eurasian’s largest continent 15 Master the river 18 Highlight a celebrity 19 A boys’ school of note